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 19, 2022
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO Director, Ellen Montz – Re: Request for Modifications to the Federal Prescription Drug and Maternity Care Essential Health Benefit Standards
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Alexis Robles-FradetDespite improvements in coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, significant gaps…
- 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 9, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment through Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Program Agencies
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments asking CMS to add expanded demographic questions to the Healthcare.gov application. The Marketplace Application should capture…
- June 7, 2022
Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Jennifer LavA landmark foster care reform law, the Family First Prevention Services Act, was intended to ensure that children are…
- 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…
- May 2, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP
Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, Abigail Coursolle, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, Elizabeth Edwards, and David MachledtThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
- April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat DuffyThe Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history…
- April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne TurnerIn public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes…
- April 14, 2022
Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”
Jennifer Lav*Institutional Authors: National Health Law Program, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Center for Public Representation,…
- 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…
- April 8, 2022
More Transparency Needed to Ensure Medicaid Beneficiaries Have Access to Necessary Off-Label Prescription Drugs
Abigail CoursolleUnder federal law, state Medicaid programs are required to cover (with a few exceptions) outpatient prescription drugs for “medically…
- April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda AveryThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This…
- April 4, 2022
Asynchronous telehealth in states that cover abortions for Medicaid beneficiaries
Fabiola Carrión*Fact sheet was co-written with legal intern Allison Berquist In this fact sheet, NHeLP identifies and analyzes how the…
- March 16, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments on the proposed 2023 Medicare Parts C & D Model Enrollment Form. For the first time,…
- 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…