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09.28.12

Manatt Healthcare Team Completes Aetna/Coventry Deal

A Manatt healthcare team comprised of partners Wendy Krasner, Mark Ustin and Bruce Wolff and associates Karen Lam and Emily Lee represented Aetna Inc. in its acquisition of heath insurer Coventry Health Inc. The team advised Aetna on Medicare and Medicaid managed care regulation.American ...


06.22.12

FOX Business News Interviews Joel Ario on Supreme Court ACA Decision Scenarios

FOX Business News interviewed Manatt’s Joel S. Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, on who the “winners” and the “losers” will be when the Supreme Court decides the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.According to FOX Business ...


06.07.12

Manatt Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2012 Guide

Chambers USA announced today that it has named 19 Manatt lawyers and 10 of the firm’s practices in its 2012 list of the country’s best lawyers and law firms.Each year, Chambers USA identifies and ranks leading lawyers for business in the United States based on in-depth, objective ...


05.30.12

The Legal 500 Recognizes Manatt Practices Among Top in Nation

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, has garnered six national practice area rankings in the newly released 2012 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Two Manatt partners, Robert D. Belfort and Linda A. Goldstein, were also recognized as “Leading Lawyers” in their areas. To compile the ...


05.29.12

Manatt Professional Discusses HIE in California

Manatt’s Johnah P.B. Frohlich, spoke to California Healthline about how Cal eConnect can be successful in its recent hand-off of programmatic work.


05.28.12

Manatt Professional Interviewed on State-Based Health Exchanges

Manatt’s Patricia M. Boozang, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, spoke to American Medical News about states meeting the November 16 deadline to file their health exchange proposals.American Medical News reports that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently ...


05.19.12

Modern Healthcare Quotes Deborah Bachrach on Extended State Exchange Schedule

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a special counsel in the firm’s Healthcare Division, on the federal government’s extended time frame for state-run health insurance exchanges.The publication reports that federal officials recently released a “draft ...


05.16.12

Manatt Coauthors Report on Social Security Access for the Homeless

Manatt Health partnered with the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty to coauthor a report illustrating the barriers preventing homeless individuals from accessing Social Security benefits. The report, “Improving Access: Expanding Acceptable Medical Sources for the Social ...


05.01.12

Manatt Closes Major Healthcare Transaction

Manatt closed the sale of the operating assets of Health Plus, one of the largest Medicaid managed care companies in New York City, to Amerigroup, a Fortune 500 company that coordinates services for individuals in publicly funded healthcare programs currently serving more than two million members ...


07.29.11

Manatt Lawyers Named Among Northeast’s Top Women Lawyers

Manatt had three women lawyers named to a list of “Top Women Lawyers in the Northeast,” determined by Martindale-Hubbell and published in the July/August issue of Arrive magazine, the official publication of Amtrak and Acela Express.Recognized were Barrie VanBrackle, a Corporate ...