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06.15.17

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Dignity Health

In an important victory for Manatt client Dignity Health and other faith-based hospital systems across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of the healthcare provider-petitioners on June 5, 2017, in Rollins v. Dignity Health.   The Supreme Court’s ...


06.12.17

Republican Senators Debate Medicaid Expansion Phase-Out

Inside Health Policy quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the similarities between Republican senators’ debate over the phase-out of Medicaid expansion funding in the American Health Care Act and Democrats’ decision to write the expansion ...


06.07.17

Senate Vote Could Lead to Thousands of Iowans Losing Coverage

The Gazette quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on why Iowa’s hospital executives, who recently gathered for the Iowa Hospital Association’s Summer Leadership Forum, are expressing worry over the future of Medicaid.   The publication ...


06.05.17

Legal 500 US Recognizes Manatt Practices Among Top in Nation

Manatt has received nine national practice area rankings in the newly released 2017 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Additionally, two Manatt partners—Robert Belfort and Lindsay Conner—were recognized in the elite "Leading Lawyers" list for their areas.  The Legal ...


06.05.17

Alaska’s Health Insurance Plan Could Be Hard to Copy

CQ Magazine quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on how Alaska was able to keep its health insurance premiums low at a time when nearly every state was seeing their ACA rates jump.   The publication reports that Alaska successfully put in ...


05.31.17

How to Stabilize the Individual Insurance Market

Medpage Today quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on why Congress and the Trump administration must act now to stabilize the individual insurance market.   The publication reports that this is a “slim, struggling slice” of the ...


05.24.17

Challenges of Capping Medicaid Spending

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about the difficulties of converting open-ended federal funding for all Medicaid beneficiaries into a system of capped payments to the states.   Beyond the technical difficulties, the ...


05.22.17

Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Hang in the Balance

CNBC interviewed Manatt’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the potential fate of cost-sharing reductions amidst a lawsuit challenging their legality.   If the executive branch had decided to drop its defense of the case—which ...


05.19.17

Medicare Advantage Fraud Investigations Could Affect Insurance Models

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Michael Kolber, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on how insurers are likely to change the way they do business as the DOJ increases its focus on investigating alleged fraud in the Medicare Advantage program.   The publication reports ...


05.18.17

Far-Reaching WI Draft Waiver Goes to CMS for Review

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt’s Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Wisconsin’s draft 1115 waiver, which could be administratively complicated to implement.   Boozang told the publication that the draft has several ideas ...