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01.28.16

Hospitals in Medicaid Expansion States Faring Better

Healthcare Finance featured Manatt's Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, in an article about the financial health of Medicaid expansion states.Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states fare better financially than those in states that haven't yet adopted the Affordable ...


01.27.16

Key Health Insurance Co-Ops Issues Needing to Be Addressed

Healthcare Dive quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, regarding the status of health insurance co-ops, which were spotlighted at a recent Senate meeting devoted to shoring up the co-ops that continue in the marketplace.Ario cites risk corridor payments and risk ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Concerns Loom Large in Election Year

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Expansion Remains Prominent in 2016

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


12.15.15

ACA Section 1332 Narrowed by Restrictions

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt's Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on the restrictions that the Obama administration has placed in its final guidance of Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, potentially making it difficult for states to ...


11.23.15

CMS Seeks User Fees From States Using Federal Exchange

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on CMS' proposed user fee rate of three percent for state-based marketplaces that use the federal platform. This is the first instance in which CMS has suggested a figure for how much ...


11.19.15

Unanswered ACA Questions Remain

PoliticoPro interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on how the health law could be undermined if the Obama administration doesn't finalize one of the last remaining pieces of the Affordable Care Act.PoliticoPro reports that the ACA ...


10.26.15

Healthcare.gov Gets a Makeover

The New York Times interviewed Manatt's Jocelyn Guyer, a director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on the newly remodeled version of HealthCare.gov. Entering the health act's third open enrollment season, the site offers consumers a relatively easy way to renew coverage and ...


10.09.15

ACA Provision Expands "Small Group" Definition

Inside Health Insurance Exchanges interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employers Act that was recently enacted by President Obama. The legislation changes a provision of the Affordable Care Act ...


10.06.15

Keeping Premiums Down Is Priority Number One

Bloomberg BNA quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article recapping a reporters' briefing on open enrollment for 2016, which was attended by Ario. The next ACA open enrollment runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, 2016, for 2016 health plans.From the ...