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- December 15, 2016
Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid
Read moreWhat is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by conservatives as ways to supposedly improve the Medicaid guarantee. In this new one-page fact sheet, NHeLP explains that the differences are minor, but both would produce similar results -- either tool…
- December 13, 2016
Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap?
Read moreThe incoming administration and the forthcoming conservative majorities in Congress are advocating changes to Medicaid intended to greatly limit the intent of Medicaid and its scope. One tool being proposed by the politically conservative majorities is something called a "per capita cap." NHeLP, which fights to preserve and bolster…
- August 24, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion Section 1115 Demonstrations Update
Read moreHealth Policy Director Leonardo Cuello provides updates on the states seeking to expand Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, and examines the troubling deviations from Medicaid law that some states are pursuing. As Cuello notes in the August "Health Advocate," the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)…
- August 19, 2016
NHeLP Comments: Arkansas Works 1115 Demonstration
Read moreIn comments to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello urges HHS to reject Arkansas's proposed application for a Section 1115 demonstration waiver. Cuello notes that the "Arkansas Works Program" would, in part, undermine the state's expansion of Medicaid by…
- June 30, 2016
Q&A: Recoupment Following an Adverse Medicaid Appeal
Read moreLegal Director Jane Perkins provides guidance on a question regarding Medicaid managed care plans' abilities to recoup costs of health services following an adverse Medicaid appeal. Medicaid applicants and recipients have rights to notices and administrative hearings when their claims for medical assistance are denied or not acted on…
