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 20, 2021
NHeLP comments on Updating Payment Parameters Rule
Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Fabiola CarriónIn the Updating Payment Parameters Rule (UPP Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes several important changes…
- June 15, 2021
State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health
Priscilla HuangNHeLP conducted a 50-state review of state Medicaid websites of COVID-19 related policies related to reproductive and sexual health…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola Carrión, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- April 15, 2021
NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP letter to Congress urging the confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next Administrator of the U.S. Centers for…
- April 8, 2021
Post-Abortion Contraceptive Coverage in Medicaid
Fabiola Carrión and Liz McCaman TaylorThis issue brief discusses how Medicaid allows coverage of family planning services during an abortion visit that is not…
- March 25, 2021
Fostering Equitable Access to Abortion Coverage: Reversing the Hyde Amendment
Madeline MorcelleThe future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit…
- March 4, 2021
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle publishes op-ed with Rewire News Group
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle published an op-ed with Rewire News Group on how the Trump-era public charge rule harms…
- February 17, 2021
Florida Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel YoungThis fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…
- February 17, 2021
Ohio Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel YoungThis fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…
- February 16, 2021
Comments on Utah 1115 Primary Care Network Demonstration Waiver Amendment Request: In Vitro Fertilization and Genetic Testing for Qualified Conditions
Jennifer Lav and Catherine McKeeIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program asks HHS to reject…
- January 28, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Pregnancy Care Delivered via Telehealth
Amy ChenTelehealth holds great promise and is a powerful tool that can help support the provision of pregnancy care. However,…
- December 17, 2020
Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola Carrión, Catherine McKee, and Liz McCaman TaylorThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- December 8, 2020
Testimony on the Hyde Amendment before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Madeline MorcelleThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted this testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health…
- 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…
- November 30, 2020
Abortion is Health Care
Alexis Robles-FradetThe National Health Law Program believes that abortion is health care and should be covered and accessible like any…
- November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy ChenCOVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the…
- October 19, 2020
What Public Charge Means for Reproductive Justice
Priscilla Huang and Madeline MorcelleUpdate: As of March 9, 2021, the Trump-era public charge regulations are no longer in effect. The Biden administration published…
- July 16, 2020
June Medical Services v. Russo and the Work that Remains for Underserved Populations
Fabiola Carrión and Abigail CoursolleOn June 29th, the Supreme Court ruled in June Medical Services vs. Russo that Louisiana’s admitting privileges law is…
- July 7, 2020
NHeLP Again Opposes Implementation of Double Billing Rule, Particularly During Pandemic
Fabiola CarriónAs conveyed in our comments to the proposed rule, the National Health Law Program strongly opposes the implementation of…