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Augmenting Advocacy: Giving Voice To The Medical-Legal Partnership Model In Medicaid Proceedings And Beyond, Marybeth Musumeci Jul 2011

Augmenting Advocacy: Giving Voice To The Medical-Legal Partnership Model In Medicaid Proceedings And Beyond, Marybeth Musumeci

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The denial of Medicaid coverage for augmentative communication devices, despite an existing legal framework that mandates the opposite result, raises fundamental questions about what independence means for people with disabilities. This situation, compounded by the barriers in the Medicaid administrative appeal process encountered by such beneficiaries, invites new approaches to the delivery of civil legal services, such as medical-legal partnerships (MLPs). MLPs are formalized arrangements that bring lawyers into a healthcare setting to provide specialist consultations when patients experience legal problems that affect health. While there is an emerging scholarship on MLPs, this Article offers the first in-depth analysis of …


Sunshine And Accountability: The Pursuit Of Information On Quality In Medicaid Managed Care, Sarah Somers, Jane Perkins, Nhelp . Jan 2011

Sunshine And Accountability: The Pursuit Of Information On Quality In Medicaid Managed Care, Sarah Somers, Jane Perkins, Nhelp .

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Rethinking Medicaid In The New Normal, Sara Rosenbaum, Benjamin D. Sommers Jan 2011

Rethinking Medicaid In The New Normal, Sara Rosenbaum, Benjamin D. Sommers

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Consumer Direction In Medicaid Long Term Care: Autonomy, Commodification Of Family Labor, And Community Resilience, Daniela Kraiem Jan 2011

Consumer Direction In Medicaid Long Term Care: Autonomy, Commodification Of Family Labor, And Community Resilience, Daniela Kraiem

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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