Articles

01.26.23

CMS Updates Its Budget Neutrality Policy

Manatt Health Partners Cindy Mann and Anne O'Hagen Karl co-authored an article for Health Affairs alongside the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program's Heather Howard, in which they discussed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ ...


01.25.23

Confiscating Equity Through Foreclosure?

In his most recent “Takings Talk” column for Daily Journal, Manatt Appellate Senior Counsel Michael Berger discussed a case out of Hennepin County, Minnesota that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon review and decide whether states that foreclose and take equity beyond delinquent taxes ...


01.20.23

Enhancing Access to Routine Vaccines for Adults in Medicaid

Manatt Health Partners Julian Polaris and Helen Pfister and Associate Matthew Itzkowitz co-authored an article with Merck’s Alexandra Bhatti, Amanda L. Eiden and Anthony DiFranzo for Health Affairs on how policymakers can increase access to routine vaccinations for adults enrolled in ...


01.03.23

Interesting Times: The 2022 Appellate Year in Review

In his latest Daily Journal column, Manatt Appellate Partner Benjamin Shatz provided his annual year in review, in which he described 2022 as the “most ‘interesting’ appellate year in modern times.”   Shatz discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic is ...


01.03.23

Capital Gains Election Will Keep Driving Music Catalog Sales

Manatt Entertainment Partner Beau Stapleton and Tax, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Attorney Burak Ahmed wrote an article for Bloomberg Tax about how Section 1221(b)(3) of the tax code may continue to impact catalog sales over the next several years. They explain how musical ...


01.03.23

Post-Acute Care Providers’ Fraud Risks

Manatt Health Partner Randi Seigel and Associate Krusheeta Patel co-authored an article for Compliance Today examining the current risk areas certain post-acute care (PAC) providers face when they serve Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and recommending risk mitigation activities.  In ...


01.01.23

2023 Is The Year and a Fear of Uncertainty. Here's How to Navigate It.

In his most recent column for Entrepreneur, Manatt Digital and Technology Managing Director Kalon Gutierrez offered advice to business leaders on how to manage fear of uncertainty in 2023 and even reframe uncertainty itself as positive.   In the article, Gutierrez explained how the fear ...


12.07.22

Reichenberg and Libowsky Co-Authored “Monopoly” Definition for Concurrences’ Dictionary

Manatt Antitrust and Competition Partners David Reichenberg and Stephen Libowsky co-authored an entry for the word “monopoly” in Concurrences’ Global Dictionary of Competition Law, in which they defined the term and provided commentary on the modern understanding of monopoly ...


12.07.22

Competition Scrutiny In Healthcare Continues But With A Shifting Approach

In his latest column for Forbes, Manatt Antitrust and Competition Partner David Reichenberg discussed how both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division are shifting from the traditional “consumer welfare standard” to a “total ...


12.06.22

Fed. Appendectomy: RIP Fed.App’x (2001-2021)

In his latest Daily Journal column, Manatt Appellate Partner Benjamin Shatz wrote about the history and demise of the Federal Appendix, a case reporter comprised of “unpublished” decisions from the Federal Courts of Appeals, as well as its impact on appellate citation ...