Helping Nonprofits Navigate Medicaid Redesign

• Reached more than 300 nonprofit organizations through e-mail, follow-up phone calls, in-person meetings, and meetings with coalitions active in helping nonprofits;
• Supported the long-term sustainability of under-resourced organizations by providing them with clarification on complex contractual changes and guidance in assessing future risk;
• Provided direct legal services to 47 nonprofit organizations on 74 legal matters (surpassing the original target of 43 organizations on 65 legal matters) on issues such as managed care contracts, high-risk and undesirable terms, and compliance obligations;
• Provided assistance to 9 nonprofits on 13 legal matters related to DSRIP contracts;
• Educated more than 150 individuals on Medicaid Redesign (surpassing the initial goal of 100 individual) through webinars and workshops;
• Organized 50 brief consultations with nonprofits (exceeding original aim of 40 brief consultations); and
• Mitigated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) risks for organizations by clarifying obligations under HIPAA, helping to draft internal HIPAA policies, and explaining how to implement the new provisions.

Co-Funding and Additional Funds Leveraged: Lawyers Alliance received a grant of $150,000 from the New York Community Trust to support this project.