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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 ...


09.01.15

Best Practices in FCPA Investigations

InsideCounsel interviewed Manatt's Jacqueline Wolff, co-chair of the firm's Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, for an article on how the FCPA remains an enforcement priority for U.S. regulators.InsideCounsel reports that although the number of new cases has dropped ...


08.12.15

Defunding Planned Parenthood Will Be Difficult in Some States

NPR interviewed Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on the difficulty of defunding Planned Parenthood in states where it is still required to receive funding as part of the Medicaid program.According to NPR, defunding Planned Parenthood has become a hot issue ...


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 ...


08.02.15

Virginia Searches for More Medicaid Funds

Fierce Health Finance quoted Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, in an article about how Virginia is investigating alternatives to obtain and use federal funding under the Affordable Care Act.Virginia, one of twenty states yet to expand Medicaid eligibility under the ...


07.31.15

Senate Passes Transportation Bill, Obstacles Still Loom

E&E News interviewed Manatt's June DeHart, a partner in the firm's Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy practice, for an article on a three-year, $173 billion road, rail and transit funding package recently passed by the Senate.The bill passed with a 65-34 vote, providing proof, ...


07.30.15

Potential Lift of Crude Oil Export Ban Sparks Debate

The Washington Examiner interviewed Manatt's June DeHart, a partner in the firm's Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy practice, for an article on how President Obama's agreement to lift sanctions on Iran's oil sector has fueled a new debate to end the United States' ...


07.22.15

Overview of 2015 NY Legislative Session

With the indictments of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, the 2015 legislative session closes as one of the most historically unusual legislative sessions for the state of New York. While the replacement of the two former heavyweight legislators brought ...


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 ...


06.25.15

Will Conservatives Accept ACA After King v. Burwell?

NBC News interviewed Manatt's Michael Kolber, an associate in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on the likelihood of Republicans accepting health reform, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act."I do expect that given the ...