Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRose
As part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
April 3, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the DEA Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Proposed Rule
Alexis Robles-Fradet and T. Nancy Lam
In these comments on the Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges the DEA to withdraw the proposed rule…
March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly Gilfoil
A 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect…
March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
The National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…
February 6, 2023
NHeLP Comments on New York State Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Amendment
Jennifer Lav
In these comments, NHeLP urges HHS to reject New York’s request for federal financial participation for institutions for mental…
February 2, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Request for Information (RFI)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner
NHeLP submitted comments in response to the HHS' Request for Information (RFI) regarding coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB)…
October 13, 2022
NHeLP Comments on California Section 1115 Demonstration Five-Year Renewal and Amendment Request: CalAIM Demonstration
Kimberly Lewis
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject California's plan to renew its Institution for Mental Diseases…
September 16, 2022
Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav and Sarah Somers
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to ensure…
September 7, 2022
Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav and Sarah Somers
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to ensure…
September 6, 2022
NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership – Re: The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (“MAT Act”, S. 445 / H.R. 1384)
Héctor Hernández-Delgado
September is Recovery Month — a month to honor the more than 20 million Americans in recovery from substance…
July 28, 2022
Essential Health Benefits: Best Practices in Benchmark Selection
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-Delgado
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
July 17, 2022
NHeLP Comments on West Virginia Creating a Continuum of Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Demonstration Extension Request
Hector Hernandez-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject West Virginia's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue…
June 29, 2022
Amicus Brief of NHeLP and the Kennedy Forum in E.W. v. Health Net
Abigail Coursolle and Elizabeth Edwards
This amicus brief was submitted to provide the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals with information about the serious need…
June 6, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Healthy Louisiana Substance Use Disorder 1115 Demonstration Extension Request
Hector Hernandez-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject Louisiana's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving…
May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
May 5, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Pennsylvania SUD Demonstration Extension
Héctor Hernández-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject Pennsylvania's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving…
May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Alexis Robles-Fradet
In these comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHeLPs conveys its support for the CDC's…
February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola De Liban
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
February 9, 2022
Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid
Cathren Cohen
Few individuals with opioid use disorder currently have access to medication-assisted treatment, a highly effective overdose prevention treatment. As the…