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.
- December 22, 2022
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola Carrión, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, and Jasmine YoungThe National Health Law Program is pleased to present our updated 2022 Advocates Guide to Medi-Cal Services. NHeLP's Medi-Cal Services…
- October 13, 2022
NHeLP Comments on California Section 1115 Demonstration Five-Year Renewal and Amendment Request: CalAIM Demonstration
Kimberly LewisIn 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 SomersIn 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 SomersIn 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-DelgadoSeptember 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-DelgadoThe 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-DelgadoIn 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 EdwardsThis 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-DelgadoIn 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 CohenAdvanced 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-DelgadoIn 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 CohenAdvanced 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-FradetIn 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 CarriónThe 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 CohenFew individuals with opioid use disorder currently have access to medication-assisted treatment, a highly effective overdose prevention treatment. As the…
- 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 5, 2021
NHeLP Comments on SUPPORT Act Section 1003 Demonstration
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Cathren CohenThe Substance Use Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act requires the Department of Health and Human…
- 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 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…