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10.06.15

Keeping Premiums Down Is Priority Number One

Bloomberg BNA quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article recapping a reporters' briefing on open enrollment for 2016, which was attended by Ario. The next ACA open enrollment runs from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31, 2016, for 2016 health plans.From the ...


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 ...


08.12.15

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 ...


07.23.15

Manatt Associate Interviewed on Innovation Waiver Updates

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt's Michael Kolber, an associate in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on CMS' new guidance on innovation waivers.The agency's updates on the waivers, which would let states opt out of major pieces of the Affordable Care Act, ...