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01.10.18

Individual Mandate Repeal Brings Health Exchanges to Crossroads

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Inside Health Policy for an article on the crossroads that healthcare exchanges may face in 2018.   Among these crossroads, the publication noted, is the upcoming disappearance of the individual mandate. While ...


01.04.18

CHIP Funding Delayed as Hill Focuses Elsewhere

Manatt’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Law360 for an article on where Congress’ attention is focused this month and how that impacts other programs awaiting funding. Among those issues, the publication noted, are struggles with ...


12.29.17

Challenges Facing Medicaid in Upcoming Year

Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, was quoted by The Hill in an article that discussed the tests Medicaid may face in 2018 at both the federal and state levels. Although congressional Republicans failed to impose drastic cuts to Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act ...


12.28.17

Manatt Health Report Broadens At-Home Medicaid Options

Forbes interviewed Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the ways states are helping people get Medicaid at home. Manatt Health’s recent toolkit, “Strengthening Medicaid LTSS in an Evolving Policy Environment,” was also cited. The publication ...


12.18.17

Tips for Parents During CHIP Waiting Period

CBS News quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article on what parents need to know about funding delays for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. On Sept. 30, Congress failed to reauthorize funding for CHIP. State governors, child advocates and healthcare ...


12.18.17

Under New AG, CA Hospitals Seek to Cut Charity Care

Manatt’s Jim Schwartz, a partner with Manatt Health, spoke to Modern Healthcare about California hospitals that are seeking to cut charity care by more than half. According to the publication, the California Hospital Association needs Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s permission to cut ...


12.18.17

Individual Mandate Repeal Puts Pressure on Insurers

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article examining how the new GOP tax proposal could impact health insurers. The publication explained that the proposal would cut the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that individuals who do ...


12.08.17

Mann Testifies Before CA Assembly on Medicaid Buy-In

Cindy Mann, a Manatt Health partner with more than three decades of experience in federal- and state-level health policy, testified before the California Assembly Select Committee on Healthcare Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage on Dec. 11.   As part of an informational hearing on ...


11.29.17

Short-Term Health Plans Fall Short of ACA Standards

NBC News quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article discussing the limitations of non-Affordable Care Act–compliant short-term health insurance plans. An Obama administration rule limited short-term health plan coverage to three months, the ...


11.20.17

New Report Disputes CBO’s Analysis of ACA Mandate Repeal

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Inside Health Policy for an article on a new report by S&P Global that weighs the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate repeal. According to the publication, S&P Global found that the ...