Each year, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) spends the month of April celebrating the lifesaving program that is Medicaid. Medicaid provides quality health care to more than 80 million people in the nation. Below is a curated selection or resources and cases we believe highlight our advocacy over the past year.
- July 23, 2013
Fourth Circuit Allows Medicaid Case to Proceed
Andy DiAntonioOn May 9th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first circuit court to decide a novel…
- July 23, 2013
Providing Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings: Examples fr
Jane Perkins and Mara YoudelmanA report exploring how to provide language services for limited English proficient (LEP) patients in a vareity of health…
- July 23, 2013
The New Federalism: Strict construction v. Ahistorical literalism
Jane PerkinsThis memo provides background on the Eleventh Amendment, sovereign immunity, and the Ex parte Young exception; and summarizes past…
- July 23, 2013
Gonzaga University v. Doe: Supreme Court Tightens Scope of Rights Enforceable U
External SourceThis paper describes the Supreme Court holding that one provision of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)…
- July 23, 2013
Injunction prohibiting changes to home health and personal care services: AHHC
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
GAO Report on 1115 Waivers
External SourceThis GAO report discusses the role and ability of HHS to effectively monitor, review, approve, and seek public input…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Deference Owed to State Medicaid Manual and Federal Letters
Jane PerkinsQuestion: Our office is involved in a dispute with the state over its implementation of the Medicaid program.…
- July 23, 2013
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Medicaid beneficiaries’ victory
Andy DiAntonioOn October 21, 2002, the Supreme Court let stand a lawsuit accusing North Carolina of condemning poor children…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Are Children in Juvenile Detention Eligible for Medicaid?
Andy DiAntonioQuestion: A juvenile court judge who is concerned about health care services for children in state custody has…
- July 23, 2013
EPSDT Case Docket
Jane PerkinsThis docket summarizes published, reported and unreported federal and state court cases that discuss Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening,…
