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.
- August 6, 2026
State-mandated benefits and ACA defrayal obligations
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne TurnerStates have historically addressed gaps in health care coverage by requiring insurers to cover specific benefits. However, under the…
- April 30, 2026
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, Jasmine Young, Elizabeth Zirker, and Jules LutabaNHeLP’s Medi-Cal Services Guide provides an in-depth description of some of the most important services covered in the Medi-Cal…
- March 31, 2026
Response to Request for Information Related to Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare
Jennifer LavNHeLP submitted a response to the Request for Information related to the "CRUSH" initiative. We urged the Administration to…
- March 5, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Florida 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion
Jennifer LavComments from the National Health Law Program opposing Florida’s request for federal funding of mental health and SUD services…
- February 12, 2026
Advocates’ Guide to the BH-CONNECT Initiative
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Carly Myers, and Alexis Robles-FradetCalifornia’s Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) demonstration seeks to help low-income individuals navigate…
- December 23, 2025
Foster Youth Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: A Review of Data in California and Los Angeles County
Abigail Coursolle, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Carly MyersChildren and youth involved in child welfare often have complex mental health needs, due in part to their compounding…
- April 16, 2025
Cuts to Medicaid Expansion Harm People with Mental Health Disabilities
Brit Vanneman*This article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for…
- February 6, 2025
Protect Medi-Cal Funding 2025 series
Kimberly Lewis, Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, Jules Lutaba, Jasmine Young, Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Alicia Emanuel, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoCalifornia’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) provides a critical investment in the health of Californians. Medi-Cal coverage and services are tailored…
- October 4, 2024
Fact Sheet: Medi-Cal Coverage of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Hector Hernandez-DelgadoTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an evidence-based device and procedure used in the treatment of major depresisve disorder (MDD)…
- August 28, 2024
Medicaid Advisory Committees: Best Practices for Effective Stakeholder Engagement
Daniel Young and Wayne TurnerAlthough Medical Care Advisory Committees (MCACs) have been federally required for nearly forty years, some states have seriously underutilized…
- August 14, 2024
Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights
Carly Myers and Kim LewisSome county mental health plans (MHPs) have policies and practices on ICC and IHBS that do not comply with…
- July 15, 2024
Coalition Letter on California’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmarking
Héctor Hernández-DelgadoCalifornia is currently in the process of evaluating the State's Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan. In response to a…
- July 11, 2024
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO on DC EHB Procedural Defect
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoNHeLP urges the HHS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) to reject the District of Columbia's recent…
- July 9, 2024
NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services
Geron Gadd and Jennifer LavNHeLP submitted the following Statement for the Record in response to the Senate Committee on Finance's Hearing on "Youth…
- May 22, 2024
Crosswalk Between Coverage of Behavioral Health Services in Medi-Cal and Private Plans in California
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Kimberly LewisCalifornia is currently undergoing efforts to align coverage of behavioral health services in Medi-Cal (the State's Medicaid program) with…
- April 30, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle YiuState Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
- April 1, 2024
Comments on Arkansas IMD and Reentry Demonstration Proposal
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- March 25, 2024
Comments on Montana Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment Application
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation TeamThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
- March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle YiuIn recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
