The temporary regulatory flexibilities implemented during the PHE expanded program eligibility and enrollment, enhanced remote service delivery options, authorized care delivery in alternative care sites, and much more.

Manatt Health found that as states operationalized their existing temporary Medicaid regulatory flexibilities, they gained greater insights on long-standing vulnerabilities in their LTSS systems that were worsened during the pandemic and turned their attention to making long-term system ...

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare long-standing racial and ethnic health inequities and disparities across America, including in Massachusetts.

Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan provides states with a one-year, 10 percentage point increase in their federal medical assistance percentage for state Medicaid expenditures for HCBS.

Manatt Health senior advisors 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 ...

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 ...

Manatt Health Senior Advisor Stephanie Anthony was quoted by Chief Healthcare Executive and MedPage Today on the growing activity of state legislatures in the healthcare arena.  State lawmakers are increasingly focused on the prices of prescription drugs, hospitals, health systems and ...

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 ...

Manatt Health Senior Advisor Stephanie Anthony will speak at the University of California (UC), Irvine Center for Health Care Management and Policy’s 2023 Health Care Forecast Conference on February 23.

Manatt Health Senior Advisor Stephanie Anthony will present in an in-person session titled “Transforming Medicare and Medicaid Beyond COVID-19 for a Person-Centered Future” at AcademyHealth’s 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference.

Manatt Health Senior Advisor Stephanie Anthony will serve as a panelist for the virtual 2021 State Policy Roundup and 2022 Forecast hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy.

Manatt Health senior advisor Stephanie Anthony will participate in a virtual panel session titled “Transforming Medicare and Medicaid Beyond COVID-19 for a Person-Centered Future” at The SCAN Foundation’s 2021 Forum: Amplifying All Voices in Aging.