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.
- April 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: Marketplace Benefits and Networks
Michelle LilienfeldThis month's Lessons from California highlights California's update to its Marketplace benefit design for 2017 and changes that were…
- April 20, 2016
Health Advocate: Section 1332 Waivers for State Innovation and Medicaid
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioIn December 2015, CMS provided guidance on section 1332 waivers and clarified the interactions between section 1332 and Medicaid.…
- March 31, 2016
Lessons from CA: HCBS Payments to Caregivers and MAGI
Michelle Lilienfeld and Wayne TurnerThis month's Lessons from California highlights an important state policy change to the treatment of payments received by in-home,…
- March 24, 2016
Amicus Brief: California v. Trump
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed on October 21, a "friend of the court" brief in federal court…
- March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane PerkinsBrief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
- March 17, 2016
Health Advocate: HCBS State Transition Plans & Implementation Updates
David MachledtIn this month's Health Advocate, we assess CMS regulations that define the home and community-based services (HCBS) delivery system…
- March 14, 2016
Q&A The Medicaid Home Health Service Final Rule: Many Helpful Changes
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A summarizes the changes to the Medicaid home health services benefit resulting from regulations finalized in February 2016.…
- March 7, 2016
NHeLP Comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the High Price of Prescription
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP letter to the Senate Finance Committee in response to the request for public comment on policy issues including the…
- March 4, 2016
Q&A: Due Process & Medicaid Notice & Hearing Standards
Jane PerkinsMedicaid beneficiaries have constitutional and/or statutory rights when their benefits are denied, reduced, or terminated. This Q&A provides an…
- February 26, 2016
Petition for URM
External Source and Andy DiAntonioPetition in which NHeLP and advocacy partners sued CDSS and DHCS to force them to follow the state and…
- February 25, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid’s EPSDT in Schools versus the Free Care Rule
Sarah SomersIn this month's Health Advocate, we analyze clarifications to the "Free Care Rule," which no longer prevents schools from…
- February 19, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Zubik v. Burwell
Andy DiAntonioThis case will decide whether non-profit employers are able to deny their employees access to contraceptive services on religious…
- February 8, 2016
2016 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 20, 2016
Medicaid Access Metrics RFI Response
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThis is NHeLP's response to a Request For Information (RFI) released by HHS to identify metrics for access to…
- January 20, 2016
NHeLP Equal Access Regulation Comments
Abbi Coursolle, Leo Cuello, and Jane PerkinsMedicaid law requires states to make payments to providers that promote quality and equal access to care for Medicaid…
- January 14, 2016
Letter to Oregon AG: St. Joseph and Providence Request for a Waiver from the Attorney General Standard Review Process
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThirteen public interest organizations have written Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenbaum urging her to reject a request for a…
- December 15, 2015
Health Advocate: Litigation Round-Up
Jane PerkinsThis issue of Health Advocate provides NHeLP's annual summary of some of the year's notable court cases. The Supreme…
- November 24, 2015
Health Advocate: Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project
Andy DiAntonioThis month's Health Advocate details our Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project, which, in collaboration with the Advancing New…
- October 20, 2015
Health Advocate: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThis month's Health Advocate reviews the advocacy history that led up to guidance from the Centers for Medicare &…
