On December 15, 2023, the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) announced a new voluntary model for state Medicaid agencies called Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH).
Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul released her Executive Budget proposal totaling $233 billion for State Fiscal Year 2025.
Julian Polaris was quoted in InsideHealthPolicy on the implications of state attorneys general joining the Texas-based challenge to FDA’s mifepristone policies.
As Manatt detailed in our September 2023 survey of state abortion shield laws, the legal landscape regarding abortion protections and restrictions continues to evolve rapidly in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs to overturn...
Manatt Health Partner Randi Seigel was quoted in Law360 on a recent Fifth Circuit decision addressing states’ rights to provide abortion services.
On December 13, 2023, the Supreme Court announced its intention to review the August 16 ruling by the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, et al. (AHM v. FDA), marking the Court’s...
Manatt Health Partner Randi Seigel and Counsel Alice Leiter were featured in an episode of the Healthcare Strategies podcast, where they outlined the legal landscape for shield laws and their potential for protecting patient access to abortion...
Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation intended to strengthen the state’s shield laws, which provide protections to patients receiving and providers rendering reproductive health services, including...
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and states became responsible for abortion protections, a patchwork of laws has been passed across the United States.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and states became responsible for abortion protections, a patchwork of laws have been passed across the United States. Some states have strengthened their protections to promote abortion access.