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11.16.17

CHIP’s 47-Day Funding Gap Is Longest in U.S. History

Manatt’s Jocelyn Guyer, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke with American Health Line about the current funding gap for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funding for CHIP expired in late September, and the publication explained that lawmakers are not close to ...


11.13.17

Instability in ACA Exchanges Could Impact Healthcare in 2018

Manatt’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Healthcare Dive in an article focused on how instability in Affordable Care Act exchanges could impact healthcare in 2018. According to the publication, a variety of actions and threats—including the ...


11.11.17

ACA Open Enrollment Sees 600K Signups in First Week

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to Philly.com about the surge in Affordable Care Act signups in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and across the country. The publication noted that more than 600,000 people nationally have selected insurance plans in the first week of ...


11.07.17

Eight States Submit Waivers to Include Medicaid Work Provisions

Manatt’s Jocelyn Guyer, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by CNNMoney in an article on the upcoming ability of states to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients. According to the publication, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will start approving ...


11.07.17

CMS Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Could Face Legal Challenges

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article on the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ anticipated approval of state waivers that impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees. CMS Administrator Seema Verma ...


11.06.17

Short-Term Plans Could Lead to Multiple Risk Pools

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Inside Health Policy for an article on how President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand availability of short-term health insurance plans could impact the sale of supplemental plans. Experts have ...


11.06.17

Local Governments Seek to Fill Gap in Addressing Substance Use Disorders

Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, and Christopher Cantrell, a manager with Manatt Health, spoke to Addiction Pro for an article on local governments’ efforts to fill unmet needs related to substance use disorders.


11.01.17

U.S. News, Best Lawyers Recognize Manatt Practices as Top in Nation

Manatt practices earned nine Tier 1 national designations and 25 Tier 1 metropolitan designations in the 2018 Best Law Firms guide, an annual ranking in which U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers analyze the country’s top law firms. In addition, Manatt was recognized as Law Firm of ...


10.26.17

Does Trump’s Opioid Crisis Decision Go Far Enough?

Fortune included insights from Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article on the president’s declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency.


10.23.17

New ACA Legislative Requests Could Signal Doubt

In a Law360 article, Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, commented on the administration’s new requests for legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act.   The requests outline the White House’s preferences for bipartisan legislation, which is ...