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11.29.16

What Block Grants for Medicaid Would Look Like

Vox quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about House Budget Chair Rep. Tom Price’s budget proposal, which includes block grants for Medicaid. In return for accepting less money, block-granted states would get additional flexibility to decide ...


11.28.16

How Repealing the ACA Will Affect Hospitals

Greenville News quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the impact that repealing the Affordable Care Act could have on hospitals.Repealing the ACA means more people will have less coverage, less comprehensive coverage or both, said Bachrach, and ...


11.11.16

CHIP Faces Risks if Matching Rates Are Lowered

The Hill Extra quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which has been seen as generally safe from partisan fights this year. Funding for the program is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2017, ...


11.02.16

NY Proposes Inmate Healthcare Funding via Medicaid

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Cindy Mann and Deborah Bachrach, partners with Manatt Health, for an article about New York’s waiver requesting to use Medicaid funds to help cover the healthcare costs of inmates. The likelihood of the CMS approving the waiver is not clear. The ...


10.24.16

KY Medicaid Waiver Proposes Radical Changes

The Hill Extra quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the extended comment period for the controversial Kentucky Medicaid waiver. CMS extended the comment period after receiving an unprecedented number of responses to the proposal to change ...


10.05.16

Medicaid Can Aid Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

MedPage Today quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about strategies for handling the opioid crisis in the United States.


10.04.16

KY Governor’s Plan to Charge Medicaid Premium Could Backfire

WKYU, the public radio station for Western Kentucky University, quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about healthcare costs and coverage in Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin submitted a proposal of changes to the federal government that would ...


10.04.16

Manatt Reports Describe a Road Forward for Health Reform

Health Affairs – Grant Watch cited two reports authored by Manatt Health professionals as a part of an article about how grant money can be used to fine-tune Medicaid, including examples of foundation-funded reports from the past year aimed at improving Medicaid in the U.S.As state Medicaid ...


09.23.16

Private Option Offers Higher Rates of Reimbursement

The Healthcare Financial Management Association quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about how states can improve beneficiary access without increasing provider rates in the face of upcoming cuts to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program.In ...


09.10.16

Reduced Federal Funding for ACA Would Mean Reducing Eligibility

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s repeal-and-replace plan for the Affordable Care Act.Under Ryan's Medicaid block grant approach, Bachrach said states likely would receive reduced federal ...