On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule with comment period outlining new flexibilities to pre-existing Medicare and Medicaid payment policies and provider regulations in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

The nation’s nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and home care providers—and their long-term care (LTC) workforce—are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis.

On March 27, Congress passed a third stimulus package in response to COVID-19—H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

On Sunday, March 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a suite of tools to help state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manatt Health senior advisor Stephanie Anthony and partner Randi Seigel authored an article for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News on the importance for long-term care (LTC) facilities to protect patient health information (PHI) maintained by LTC providers in addition to navigating on-the-ground ...

An aging population and shifting reimbursement models are spurring acute care and post-acute care, or PAC, providers to work more collaboratively. As the percentage of older Americans grows and the incidence of chronic disease increases, new models of care that extend outside of hospitals’ ...

Hospitals traditionally have viewed a patient's discharge as the endpoint of their care responsibilities. Little attention was paid to the next steps in treatment once the patient left the building. Movie scenes showing miraculously cured patients waving cheerful good-byes to their hospital ...

Modern Healthcare mentioned Manatt’s Stephanie Anthony, a director with Manatt Health, in an article on a federal experiment that tests better ways to manage benefits and care for low-income and disabled Americans. The test is showing signs of saving money, despite initial ...

Politico quoted Manatt’s Stephanie Anthony, a director with Manatt Health, for an article about what the American Hospital Association may pitch to President Donald Trump as priorities for easing regulations.The publication suggests that IT regulations may be among the top targets. Facilities ...

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt's Stephanie Anthony, a director with Manatt Health, for an article on the federal government's extension of a large-scale test managing the benefits and care for low-income and disabled Americans. Twelve states have rolled out three-year demonstrations ...

Medicaid continues to gain scale and importance—both as the leading source of health coverage for Americans and a driver of reform in the healthcare marketplace. To give you in-depth insight into the forces reshaping Medicaid, their impact on the future and their implications for stakeholders, ...

Medicaid is the single largest payer for healthcare services in every state. With nearly 10 million people enrolling in 2014 alone, total enrollment now tops 68 million. But Medicaid is not just undergoing soaring growth. It’s also experiencing unprecedented change, fueled by its expanding ranks of ...

According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2050, 20% of the U.S. population will be 65 or older, compared to just 12% in 2000 and 8% in 1950. The number of people 85 or older will grow the fastest, constituting 4% of the population by 2050—10 times the share in 1950.