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10.02.15

HHS Cuts Risk Corridor Payments

Politico Pro interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the new challenges insurers face since HHS announced that it will only disburse a fraction of requested payments to health plans in the risk corridor program.Politico Pro reports that HHS ...


09.18.15

New ACA Provision Is 'Quite Flexible'

Politico interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on an Affordable Care Act provision that takes effect in 2017 and allows the executive branch to waive big chunks of the law for a state that chooses a different approach to expanding ...


09.16.15

States Can Redesign Their Health Systems Starting in 2017

Politico interviewed Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on an Affordable Care Act waiver program that allows states to redesign their healthcare systems beginning in 2017.The 1332 waiver program, which allows states to make changes to their programs once ...


09.04.15

Duals Demo Gets Extension

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 ...


09.02.15

CMS Helps Make Medicaid Enrollment a Snap

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt's Jocelyn Guyer, a director with Manatt Health, for an article on states' ability to enroll eligible residents in Medicaid through the federal program that provides food assistance for low-income Americans.Modern Healthcare reports that the Centers for ...


08.06.15

ACA Implementation and Medicaid Expansion for States

Inside Health Policy referenced Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article about Republican state lawmakers voicing their enduring skepticism of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at a panel hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures.While many of these ...


06.29.15

Ario Discusses Health Benefit-Design Discrimination

AIS Health interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on CMS' review of 2016 plan designs for individual policies sold on and off of health exchanges. The agency is expected to send deficiency notices to carriers by the end of June.AIS Health ...


04.01.15

Former Top Medicaid Official Cindy Mann Joins Manatt in Washington, D.C.

Manatt announced today that former top Medicaid official Cindy Mann will join the Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare practice on April 13.


10.12.13

Providers Adjust to Managed-Care Contracting

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt government and healthcare partner James Lytle and Manatt Health Solutions director Anthony Fiori for an article discussing how post-acute providers are adjusting to Medicare and Medicaid managed-care contracting.Modern Healthcare reports that as more ...


05.29.12

Manatt Professional Discusses HIE in California

Manatt’s Johnah P.B. Frohlich, spoke to California Healthline about how Cal eConnect can be successful in its recent hand-off of programmatic work.