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.
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola CarriónThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- February 8, 2022
Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Youth Mental Health
Jennifer LavNHeLP submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee on approaches to improve coverage and services…
- February 1, 2022
Children’s Behavioral Health Mobile Response and Stabilization Services
Jennifer Lav and Kimberly LewisMobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) is a specific kind of mobile crisis service and stabilization service for children…
- November 30, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Montana 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion
Cathren CohenComments from the National Health Law Program opposing Montana's request for federal funding of mental health and SUD services…
- November 12, 2021
Comments to Senate Finance Committee on Improving Behavioral Health Care
Jennifer LavIn these comments, NHeLP offers policy options where additional legislation, oversight, or guidance would further the Senate Finance Committee’s…
- November 1, 2021
Comments: Utah Primary Care Network Extension Request
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program explains that the initial…
- November 1, 2021
Comments: New Hampshire Section 1115 Demonstration Amendment Request
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- September 30, 2021
Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth
Jennifer Lav, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren CohenThis flip chart contains various scenarios and barriers that low-income youth with behavioral health conditions might face when trying…
- August 18, 2021
Comments on Maryland Section 1115 Request to Waive the IMD Exclusion for Mental Health
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- May 26, 2021
Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, and Ian McDonaldNational Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and 26…
- April 28, 2021
NHeLP Comments on the HCBS Access Act Discussion Draft
Jennifer Lav, David Machledt, and Elizabeth EdwardsNHeLP comments in support of Senators Brown, Casey, and Hassan and Representative Dingell's HCBS Access Act discussion draft.
- April 27, 2021
Alabama Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease Waiver for Serious Mental Illness Comments
Cathren Cohen and Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- April 1, 2021
Mental Health Parity in Private Health Plans: Overview of Requirements & the Right to Information
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail CoursolleThis fact sheet describes the parity laws that apply in private health plans and advises people how to get…
- April 1, 2021
Mental Health Parity in Medicaid: Overview of Requirements & the Right to Information
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail CoursolleThis fact sheet describes the parity laws that apply in Medicaid and advises people how to get the information…
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Oklahoma Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Waiver for Serious Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Cathren CohenNHeLP urges the Secretary not to approve the requested waiver because 1) Oklahoma asks the Secretary to waive provisions…
- October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on MassHealth SMI-SED Supplemental Application Waiver
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- September 17, 2020
Utah 1115 IMD Demonstration Request Comment
Cathren Cohen and Jennifer LavUtah has applied for an 1115 demonstration waiving the IMD exclusion for people with serious mental illnesses. NHeLP submitted…
- February 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Idaho Behavioral Health Transformation Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Demonstration Application
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- December 18, 2019
Advocate Fact Sheet: Evaluating Mental Health Plans’ Provision of Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services
Héctor Hernández-DelgadoMedi-Cal beneficiaries in California receive mental health services through two separate managed care systems. Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (MCPs)…