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07.15.16

Changes Needed for Insurers' Success on Exchanges

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article discussing why some insurers have succeeded in the health exchanges while others have floundered.Ario said both regulatory changes and improved operations by insurers are needed. On the ...


07.14.16

Deadlines for New CMS Rules Approaching

InsideCMS quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the latest CMS updates, including the agency’s expected rules on supplemental payments and Disproportionate Share Hospitals.   Mann said a supplemental payments proposed rule is slated for the ...


05.10.16

CMS Grants Another Extension for TX Medicaid Program

Inside Health Policy quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm’s Healthcare practice, for an article about the extension of a Texas 1115 Medicaid waiver that expands the state's reliance on managed care.Mann said CMS allowed the 15-month extension just like it ultimately ...


04.28.16

Medicaid Expansion Savings to Continue

The Bulletin quoted Manatt's Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article about Oregon's savings from Medicaid expansion.A Manatt Health study, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, analyzed finances in 11 states that expanded Medicaid ...


04.07.16

Cost Transparency, Education Critical to Health Insurance Industry

Health Payer Intelligence spoke with Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, to find out how the lack of data and cost transparency is affecting the health insurance industry.In a Q&A-style article, Ario explained concepts outlined in the "Liberating Data to Enable Healthcare ...


03.17.16

Medicaid Shifts Across the Nation

InsideHealthPolicy interviewed Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the shifts in Medicaid that have begun in light of legislative changes that are in the works.InsideHealthPolicy reports that Congress is quickly moving to crack down on ...


03.17.16

Vermont Could Set ACA Precedent

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Vermont's waiver for exemption from building a website for its small-business insurance exchange, hoping that employers enroll directly through insurers instead. Vermont is the first ...


03.09.16

Medicaid Enrollment Drops in NYC

Crain's Health Pulse quoted Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, and Hailey Davis, a manager with Manatt Health, for an article about New York City's recent drop in Medicaid managed care plan enrollment."It's an unexpected and steep loss of ...


03.04.16

Home Care Agencies Compliant with NY Regulations

Crain's New York quoted Anthony Fiori, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the new Fair Labor Standards Act as it applies to home care agencies. Home care agencies had to begin complying in October with new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations related to wages for ...


02.10.16

Nebraska Deliberates Medicaid Expansion

1011 News interviewed Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, about a potential Medicaid expansion in Nebraska. Dozens of people recently met at the capitol to convince the state to pass a Medicaid expansion bill that would help struggling Nebraskans afford ...