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
Dental Coverage for Low-Income Pregnant Women
dfitzgeraldThis fact sheet discusses the importance of dental coverage for pregnant women.
- July 23, 2013
Q & A on ICHIA: The Legal Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act (July ’07
Jane PerkinsThis factsheet contains information regarding the Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act.
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Pregnant Women
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A discusses non-emergency transportation for pregnant women in the Medicaid program.
- July 23, 2013
State Health Official Letter and Q & A Regarding Coverage for Pregnant Women Un
CMSDear State Health Official:This letter is to provide additional guidance on the implementation of the Children?s Health Insurance Program…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid Managed Care Quality: HEDIS Measure Comparisons for Five States
dfitzgeraldThis paper describes HEDIS quality measures and provides analysis of Medicaid managed care quality using these measures in five…
- July 23, 2013
An Advocate’s Guide to Reproductive Health in the Medicaid Program
Susan Berke Fogel, Deborah Reid, and Mara YoudelmanAn Advocate's Guide will familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid Program and highlight features that support women's…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: HIV & Pregnancy
dfitzgeraldQuestion: My client went to her physician for her prenatal examination. She was told that she is required…
- July 23, 2013
CMS Release on Prenatal Care for Fetuses
External SourceThis CMS Dear State Health Official letter describes the option for states to provide prenatal care to low-income women…
- July 23, 2013
Complying with the Law? How Catholic Hospitals Respond to State Laws Mandating
External SourceThis report documents state laws that require hospital emergency rooms to offer and provide emergency contraception to women who…
- July 23, 2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Functions: Eligibility
dfitzgeraldNHeLP comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing concerns on exemptions from the shared…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Frank O’Brien Jr. v. HHS
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in Frank O?Brien Jr. v. HHS defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements in a…
- July 23, 2013
Medical Management and Access to Contraception
Erin Armstrong and dfitzgeraldThis updated factsheet addresses techniques used by insurance companies known as "medical management" that present concerns for health advocates…
- July 23, 2013
Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Minimum Essential Coverage
dfitzgeraldNHeLP comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service addressing proposed rules on shared responsibility payments for not maintaining minimum…
- April 15, 2013
Chart: State Medicaid Coverage of Emergency Contraception (EC) as an Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug
Jane PerkinsState Medicaid programs must cover family planning services and supplies, however, states have some flexibilty to determine which services…
- April 15, 2013
State Health Official letter regarding Newborn Deeming (Cross reference under CHIPRA)
dfitzgeraldThis letter is one of a series that provides guidance on the implementation of the Children?s Health Insurance Program…