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.
- March 6, 2015
Behavioral Health: Medicaid, Managed Care and Children More Questions to Ask
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP has prepared a list of questions consumers should ask as their states begin working on developing or redesigning their…
- March 2, 2015
NHeLP Letter on Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and Uniform Glossary
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP comment letter on the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) and the Uniform Glossary. With the implementation of…
- February 28, 2015
Postpartum LARC Resource Guide
Andy DiAntonioEvery woman should have affordable and timely access to all safe and effective contraceptive options, including long-acting reversible contraceptive…
- February 25, 2015
Assister and Advocate Alert: Healthcare.gov Is Incorrectly Counting Social Security Incomes for Tax Dependents
Andy DiAntonioCMS has confirmed that healthcare.gov is counting Social Security income received by children and other tax dependents in computing…
- February 23, 2015
MAGI, Streamlined Applications, and Medicaid Family Planning Expansions
Erin Armstrong, External Source, and Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states implement a uniform methodology for determining income - modified adjusted gross income…
- February 13, 2015
Top 10 Takeaways: CBO Report on Medicaid Spending Caps
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's Top 10 Takeaways from the November 2013 CBO report illustrating why spending caps in Medicaid are a bad…
- February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
Andy DiAntonioOn February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton…
- January 29, 2015
Q&A: CMS Guidance on EPSDT Services for Children with ASD in Medicaid
Andy DiAntonioUnder longstanding Medicaid law, the state Medicaid agency must cover particular treatments "including intensive behavioral services" if they are…
- January 20, 2015
2015 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUpdated HHS poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price…
- January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanThis edition of the Health Advocate previews what is ahead in the coming months including the continuing theme of Medicaid…
- January 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid…
- January 9, 2015
Letter to HHS Office of Civil Rights on pending HIV discrimination complaint
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerThe National Health Law Program and The AIDS Institute (TAI) sent the attached letter to the HHS Office of…
- December 23, 2014
NHeLP Comments Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
Andy DiAntonioThe document includes NHeLP's comments to a proposed regulation from HHS, titled "Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters." The…
- December 19, 2014
Lessons from CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Services to Children
Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight how NHeLP worked to ensure that California's Medi-Cal managed care plans…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- December 5, 2014
Comparison of Medi-Cal Benefits and Covered California Essential Health Benefits
Michelle Lilienfeld and Shyaam SubramanianCovered California's second open enrollment period began on November 15, 2014, and Californians must once again navigate the maze…
- December 5, 2014
Q&A Relatives as Paid Providers
Elizabeth EdwardsMany states allow parents or other legally responsible relatives to become paid providers of Medicaid-funded home and community based…
