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02.10.16

Nebraska Deliberates Medicaid Expansion

1011 News interviewed Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, about a potential Medicaid expansion in Nebraska. Dozens of people recently met at the capitol to convince the state to pass a Medicaid expansion bill that would help struggling Nebraskans afford ...


02.10.16

Obama Encourages Medicaid Expansion

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt's Patricia Boozang, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about Obama's push to get more states to participate in Medicaid expansion.Boozang pointed to Kansas and Nebraska as candidates for the program, also noting that ...


02.02.16

Best Practices for Handling Data Breaches

HealthData Management quoted Manatt's Robert Belfort, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, about how healthcare organizations should handle security breaches of patient records.Belfort stressed the importance of balancing transparency and protection of the organization's ...


01.28.16

Hospitals in Medicaid Expansion States Faring Better

Healthcare Finance featured Manatt's Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, in an article about the financial health of Medicaid expansion states.Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states fare better financially than those in states that haven't yet adopted the Affordable ...


01.27.16

Key Health Insurance Co-Ops Issues Needing to Be Addressed

Healthcare Dive quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, regarding the status of health insurance co-ops, which were spotlighted at a recent Senate meeting devoted to shoring up the co-ops that continue in the marketplace.Ario cites risk corridor payments and risk ...


01.22.16

Tiered Health Plans Stir Controversy in NJ

Politico quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the controversial tiered health plans in New Jersey, known as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's OMNIA plans. A recent focus of debate in New Jersey has been over the new tiered plans ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Concerns Loom Large in Election Year

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


01.11.16

Medicaid Expansion Remains Prominent in 2016

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt Healthcare partners Deborah Bachrach, Cindy Mann and Melinda Dutton for an article on the continuing developments in Medicaid in the New Year.Bloomberg BNA reports that Medicaid expansion will continue to play a prominent role in 2016. Bachrach told the publication ...


01.06.16

CMS Proposes Medicaid Coverage for Rehab

NPR interviewed Manatt's Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on a CMS proposal to cover 15 days of inpatient rehab per month for anyone enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan. For decades, people on Medicaid who wanted to get treated for alcohol or drug ...


01.04.16

Manatt Adds Former Obama Administration Health Policy Official in Washington, D.C.

Manatt today announced that Chiquita Brooks-LaSure has joined the Washington, D.C., office as a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, the firm's interdisciplinary policy and business advisory division.