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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 ...


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 ...


01.11.16

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 ...


01.06.16

CMS Proposes Medicaid Coverage for Rehab

NPR interviewed Manatt's Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on a CMS proposal to cover 15 days of inpatient rehab per month for anyone enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan. For decades, people on Medicaid who wanted to get treated for alcohol or drug ...


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 ...


12.10.15

Upstate Revitalization Initiative an 'Exquisite Set-Up'

City & State interviewed Manatt's Bruce Gyory, a senior advisor in the firm's Government and Regulatory Policy practice, for an article on New York's Upstate Revitalization Initiative, which put a large chunk of state development funds on the line for various regions.City & ...


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 ...


11.04.15

NY Southern Tier's Senate Election Results

WSKG News quoted Manatt's Bruce Gyory, a senior advisor in the firm's Government and Regulatory Policy practice, for an article on New York's Southern Tier's special state senate election.WSKG News reports that the senate election went Republican in a landslide. Fred Akshar ...