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01.22.16

Tiered Health Plans Stir Controversy in NJ

Politico quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the controversial tiered health plans in New Jersey, known as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's OMNIA plans. A recent focus of debate in New Jersey has been over the new tiered plans ...


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 ...


01.04.16

Manatt Adds Former Obama Administration Health Policy Official in Washington, D.C.

Manatt today announced that Chiquita Brooks-LaSure has joined the Washington, D.C., office as a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, the firm's interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division.


12.24.15

Momentous Healthcare Litigation to Occur in 2016

Law360 interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the healthcare industry's 2016 legal docket, which is filled with momentous litigation that will shape the future of False Claims liability, Affordable Care Act coverage and abortion ...


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 ...


11.18.15

AMA Calls for Ban on Prescription Drug Advertising

Marketplace interviewed Manatt's Ian Spatz, a senior advisor in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on the American Medical Association's call to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs and medical devices. The group says the advertisements are boosting ...