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12.13.16

Immediate ACA Repeal Would Jeopardize Coverage for Millions

Bloomberg BNA quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the anticipated changes to healthcare in the United States that a Republican Congress and the Trump administration have been discussing for 2017.“If Congress wants to get rid of this ...


12.12.16

Weighing Potential Pros and Cons of Medicaid Block Grants

Health Plan Week interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on Medicaid’s potential move to block grants. While Medicaid is a federal entitlement program through which state funding is matched with federal dollars, block grants would be an ...


12.07.16

AK’s Draft 1332 Waiver Strikes a Balance

Inside Health Reform interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Alaska’s draft ACA 1332 waiver designed to stabilize the state’s health insurance market.Ario told Inside Health Reform that the Obama administration wanted to make ...


12.02.16

Dignity Health Secures Supreme Court Hearing

Law360 covered Manatt’s representation of Dignity Health in a bid for federal review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s decision that church-affiliated hospitals like Dignity Health aren’t exempt from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Healthcare ...


12.01.16

IRC § 501 (r) Developments and the Importance of Compliance Programs

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has moved aggressively to ensure that tax-exempt hospitals are complying with financial assistance, billing and collection requirements under the Affordable Care Act.


11.30.16

More Requirements for Medicaid Enrollment Reduce Effectiveness

Law360 quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about Donald Trump’s pick for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, Seema Verma. Verma is likely to revisit waivers that focus on requiring beneficiaries to be employed, a caveat ...


11.29.16

What Block Grants for Medicaid Would Look Like

Vox quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about House Budget Chair Rep. Tom Price’s budget proposal, which includes block grants for Medicaid. In return for accepting less money, block-granted states would get additional flexibility to decide ...


11.28.16

How Repealing the ACA Will Affect Hospitals

Greenville News quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the impact that repealing the Affordable Care Act could have on hospitals.Repealing the ACA means more people will have less coverage, less comprehensive coverage or both, said Bachrach, and ...


11.21.16

Final Rule on Pass-Through Medicaid Reimbursements Expected

The Hill Extra quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article regarding a proposed rule that would prohibit pass-through Medicaid reimbursements. Despite resistance from Republican lawmakers, Mann thinks the agency is likely to publish a final rule by the end of the ...


11.21.16

Improving the ACA Without Repeal

Health Payer Intelligence interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about strategies that could fix the Affordable Care Act without repeal.“It could be better if there was broader enrollment and that is primarily what insurers want to ...