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10.05.17

State Officials Scramble to Save MinnesotaCare

The Star Tribune spoke with Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, on how state officials are working to save MinnesotaCare. The health insurance program covers 91,000 people who are often described as the “working poor.”   Federal health regulators ...


10.03.17

Providers and Payers Sharing Data: Is It Feasible?

Manatt’s William Bernstein, chair of Manatt Health, and partner Robert Belfort were quoted by Health Data Management on how providers and payers are sharing data to manage value-based care.   The publication explains that although healthcare providers and payers have had a contentious ...


10.02.17

Implications of Oklahoma’s Failed 1332 Waiver

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Becker’s Hospital Review on the implications of Oklahoma’s failed 1332 waiver.   According to the publication, these waivers allow states to opt out of specific Affordable Care Act requirements to ...


09.30.17

Uncertainty Follows Oklahoma’s Withdrawn 1332 Waiver

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke with NewsOK on Oklahoma’s withdrawn 1332 reinsurance waiver application. The waiver would have given the state permission to use $350 million in federal funds that would act as a backstop by paying a certain percentage of ...


09.29.17

CMS Fails to Approve Oklahoma’s 1332 Waiver on Time

Inside Health Policy quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, on Oklahoma’s recent withdrawal of its 1332 reinsurance waiver application. The publication noted that the wavier would have helped 130,000 residents by reducing premiums by approximately 34 percent, ...


09.26.17

Flexibility Without Funding Is a ‘Hollow Promise’ for States

Manatt’s Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by BYU Radio on the potential impacts of state-based healthcare.Boozang explained that under the Affordable Care Act, most states would have welcomed more flexibility and autonomy in their relationships ...


09.25.17

Manatt Health’s Cindy Mann Testifies at Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Graham-Cassidy

Discussion Sets the Stage for the Future of Healthcare Reform in 2017Manatt partner Cindy Mann, who has over 30 years of federal- and state-level experience in health policy, today testified in opposition to Graham-Cassidy at the United States Senate Committee on Finance’s hearing to consider ...


09.25.17

Failed ACA Repeal Efforts Could Indicate a Pause

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Law360 in an article discussing the latest Affordable Care Act repeal efforts.Law360 noted that the Senate’s failure to move the Graham-Cassidy bill forward will likely result in pausing similar efforts for the ...


09.21.17

How Some States Could Benefit From Graham-Cassidy

The Hill quoted Manatt’s Jocelyn Guyer, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article analyzing how the new Affordable Care Act repeal and replace legislation could financially impact various states.The publication explained that states with lower healthcare costs could see funding ...


09.20.17

Graham-Cassidy Proposal Leaves Room for Questions

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Patricia Boozang, senior managing director with Manatt Health, on how the Graham-Cassidy repeal and replace legislation could impact states financially.   According to Manatt Health’s analysis, which was also featured by the publication, states ...