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 27, 2021
NHeLP Comments on New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 SMI Amendment
Dania DouglasIn this application, New Mexico seeks to waive the Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD) exclusion, implement High Fidelity Wraparound…
- February 23, 2021
NHeLP Comments to Arizona AHCCCS Extension Application (2021)
Leonardo CuelloNHeLP comments opposing work requirements and other harmful proposals in Arizona's Health Care Cost Containment System section 1115 extension…
- February 23, 2021
NHeLP Comments to Interim Final Regulations on MOE
Hannah Eichner and Leonardo CuelloNHeLP comments to an Interim Final Regulation opposing HHS's attempt to weaken the Maintenance of Effort requirement protecting Medicaid…
- 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…
- December 14, 2020
Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart
Sarah GrusinSec. 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of HHS to waive some requirements of the Medicaid…
- 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…
- October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Oklahoma Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Waiver for Serious Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Cathren CohenNHeLP urges the Secretary not to approve the requested waiver because 1) Oklahoma asks the Secretary to waive provisions…
- October 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on MassHealth SMI-SED Supplemental Application Waiver
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- September 17, 2020
Utah 1115 IMD Demonstration Request Comment
Cathren Cohen and Jennifer LavUtah has applied for an 1115 demonstration waiving the IMD exclusion for people with serious mental illnesses. NHeLP submitted…
- September 14, 2020
NHeLP comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Guidance
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasGuidance documents are a valuable tool that allows agencies to clarify policy issues and explain ambiguities raised by the…
- July 24, 2020
Comments: Oklahoma Section 1115 Application.
Catherine McKee and Jane PerkinsIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program asks HHS to reject…
- July 20, 2020
Top Ten List: Medicaid Eligibility & Enrollment in Light of COVID-19
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThis publication identifies ten actions that advocates can take to maximize eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid during and after…
- July 7, 2020
Letter Calls on Seema Verma to Reject Oklahoma’s Section 1115 Request Following Ballot Initiative
Jane PerkinsIn a letter to the Center on Medicare & Medicaid Services, the National Health Law Program requested that Administrator…
- April 23, 2020
Letter Calls on Seema Verma to Reject Oklahoma’s Section 1115 Request as Incomplete
Jane PerkinsIn an April 23rd letter to Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the…
- March 24, 2020
States Should Consider High Costs of Work Requirements
Ian McDonaldMultiple courts have held it unlawful to condition Medicaid coverage on a work requirement. Yet, some states continue to…
- February 7, 2020
NHeLP Comments on Idaho Behavioral Health Transformation Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Demonstration Application
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- December 23, 2019
Letter to CMS Requesting Extension for TennCare II Demonstration Comment Period
Jane PerkinsOn Monday, December 23, 2019, the National Health Law Program sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma asking…
