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09.07.16

States That Undermined ACA Now Face Additional Challenges

The Los Angeles Times quoted Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about critics of the Affordable Care Act who have redoubled claims that the health law isn’t working. Many of those same critics, the publication says, are politicians who took steps over the last ...


08.18.16

Working to Improve Medi-Cal

The California Health Care Foundation Blog featured Manatt Health’s report, “Moving Medi-Cal Forward on the Path to Delivery System Transformation,” in an article that recapped a CHCF-hosted briefing on the future of Medi-Cal. The blog reported that over 500 people tuned into the ...


08.17.16

ACA Tweaks Needed as Insurers Take Financial Hits

Bloomberg quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the challenges facing the Affordable Care Act as the four biggest U.S. health insurers admit they are each losing hundreds of millions of dollars on the plans.Ario said enrollment is probably ...


08.15.16

Best Lawyers Names Three Partners “Lawyers of the Year”

Manatt partners Jill Dodd, Jim Lytle and George Soneff have been named “Lawyers of the Year” for 2017 by Best Lawyers in America. Each year, only one lawyer from each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the Lawyer of the Year.The Lawyer of the Year honor ...


08.10.16

CMS Plans to Phase Out Pass-Through Payments

Bloomberg BNA quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article about the CMS’s plans to phase out pass-through payments as it transitions to value-based payments. Under the final regulations published in May 2016, the CMS will put limits on pass-through ...


08.06.16

Republican Policymakers Could Be Open to ACA Negotiations

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Republican health policy experts’ plans for negotiating greater flexibility for states to design market-based approaches in non-Medicaid expansion states under a potential Clinton ...


08.06.16

ACA Exchanges Need More Enrollees

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about potential changes to ACA insurance exchanges for insurers that are struggling to make it cost effective.Ario said some states may extend the law's temporary reinsurance program. ...


07.25.16

New DSRIP Approaches for States to Consider

Crain’s New York interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about New York’s $8 billion DSRIP program.It has served as a model for other states in pursuing the federal Medicaid waiver, but the state should also take note of new ...


07.15.16

Changes Needed for Insurers' Success on Exchanges

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article discussing why some insurers have succeeded in the health exchanges while others have floundered.Ario said both regulatory changes and improved operations by insurers are needed. On the ...


07.14.16

Deadlines for New CMS Rules Approaching

InsideCMS quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the latest CMS updates, including the agency’s expected rules on supplemental payments and Disproportionate Share Hospitals.   Mann said a supplemental payments proposed rule is slated for the ...