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02.17.22

The Manatt State Cost Containment Update, February 2022: Leveraging APCDs and Other Data

State benchmarking programs may leverage other data resources—including APCDs, private claims databases, and federal and state survey data—to provide policymakers, regulators, consumer advocates and researchers with important context for findings (e.g., who bears the burden of cost ...


02.16.22

CMS Publishes Letters on No Surprises Act Enforcement in States

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun publishing on its website letters that it sent to states beginning in December 2021 that provide important information regarding the manner in which the surprise medical billing and health care price transparency provisions will be ...


02.15.22

Service Line Development in Academic Health Systems

An integrated service line is the coordinated effort of organizing multidisciplinary services—by health condition, organ system, age or gender—across the care continuum to serve a defined patient cohort.


02.08.22

Manatt Provides Input to OIG on Opportunities for Modernizing Guidance Mechanisms

On January 31, 2022, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, submitted a formal response to the Request for Information issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General on ways to make its publicly available resources more relevant, timely and user-friendly.


02.07.22

Ten Health Care Imperatives for the 2020s: Navigating Through the Surges

Four challenges to realizing greater progress on the imperatives stand out for Manatt Health as we consider the gains and setbacks that 2021 brought.


02.03.22

What’s Ahead for Federal Health Policy in 2022

As the Biden administration begins its second year in office, the administration remains focused on its core health policy agenda—advancing coverage, access and equity.


02.02.22

Spotlight on Private Equity for FCA Enforcement in 2022

Despite the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry have continued apace and show no signs of slowing.


01.31.22

A Potential Public Option Path for Oregon

In July 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law HB 2010, which charges the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), in collaboration with the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), with developing a potential path for a public option in Oregon that is designed to increase the number of people ...


01.27.22

Treasury Issues Final Rule for Use of $350 Billion American Rescue Plan State and Local Relief Funds

One of the most significant provisions of the American Rescue Plan was the establishment of the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.


01.26.22

Federal Regulators Issue Joint Report on MHPAEA Signaling Increased Enforcement Against Plans Likely

On Tuesday, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and the Treasury issued their joint report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.