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.
- June 28, 2023
California Abortion Coverage in Medi-Cal and Private Insurance
Jasmine Young, Amy Chen, and Fabiola Carrión*Co-written with Xochitl Lopez-Ayala (Policy Advocacy Coordinator at ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE) Access to comprehensive health care, which includes abortion…
- June 14, 2023
The Constitutionality of Demographic Data Collection
Geron Gadd and Mara YoudelmanCollecting demographic data is legal and constitutional. Questions have arisen about the constitutionality of the collection and use of…
- May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRoseAs part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
- May 17, 2023
Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: Network Adequacy Requirements and Other Beneficiary Rights
Abigail Coursolle and Nancy LamMedi-Cal covers Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) for beneficiaries who need them. In California, County Mental Health Plans (MHPs)…
- May 10, 2023
How Funding and Eligibility Cuts to Medicaid Harm Response Efforts to Public Health Crises (Updated May 2023)
Michelle YiuCongressional Republican leadership is considering funding and eligibility cuts to Medicaid, such as work requirements, block grants, and per…
- May 10, 2023
EPSDT Litigation Trends and Annotated Docket
Jane Perkins and Amanda AveryThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act.…
- May 9, 2023
Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements
Madeline MorcelleOn May 9th, 2023, more than fifty organizational members of the Women's Health Defense Table (WHDT)* and national allies…
- May 3, 2023
NHeLP Summary of Proposed Access and Managed Care Rules
Sarah SomersLast week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two proposed rules intended to improve access to…
- May 2, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle YiuAs part of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted…
- April 20, 2023
AMICUS: J.R. v. Horizon NJ Health, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Litigation TeamJ.R. is a young child who requires nursing services and appealed a significant reduction in her Medicaid nursing services…
- April 20, 2023
Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity
Charly Gilfoil, Naomi G. Goldberg, Patrick L. Mason, Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, and Georgia BurkeThis four-part report series is a joint project of the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid? Services
Wayne Turner, Catherine McKee, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Jasmine Young, and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoMedicaid offers myriad optional services and benefits that states can cover, as well as a minimum baseline of services…
- April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne TurnerWith the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces…
- April 5, 2023
FAQ: Insurance Coverage for Pharmacy-Dispensed Medication Abortion
Cat Duffy and Liz McCaman TaylorThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new changes to the mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)…
- April 4, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
Liz McCaman TaylorSection 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, and its implementing regulations, make access to contraception possible by ensuring…
- April 3, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the DEA Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Proposed Rule
Alexis Robles-Fradet and T. Nancy LamIn these comments on the Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges the DEA to withdraw the proposed rule…
- April 3, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on the DEA’s Proposed Rule on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Medications
Madeline Morcelle and Skyler RoselliniThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Telemedicine…
- March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly GilfoilIn an updated series of fact sheets called Protect Medicaid Funding, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals…
- March 13, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the HHS Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (2023)
Wayne Turner, David Machledt, and Sarah SomersIn these comments on the Prior Authorization Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges HHS to go further to curb the abuse…
- 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-DelgadoThe National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…