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03.02.14

Joel Ario Discusses Health Insurance Options for Divorced People

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, spoke to the Philadelphia Inquirer about handling health insurance coverage during a divorce.As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer, married people once reluctant to divorce for fear of losing health insurance coverage now ...


02.20.14

AIS Health Interviews Ario on Employer Mandate Delay

AIS Health interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, about the potential impact of a recently delayed employer mandate.AIS Health reports that the delayed mandate gives midsized employers a little breathing room, but throws another curveball to health ...


02.10.14

Kaiser Health News Quotes Deborah Bachrach on Arkansas' Medicaid Experiment

Kaiser Health News quoted Manatt's Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare Division, on the first large-scale effort - led by Arkansas - to enroll Medicaid recipients into the same private health insurance plans that any consumer might buy in the online insurance ...


02.03.14

Manatt Partner Discusses Exchanges' Social Media Practices with Government Health IT

Manatt's Robert Belfort, a partner in the firm's Healthcare Division, discussed with Government Health IT the legality of health insurance exchange staff communicating with consumers on public social media sites such as Twitter.Government Health IT reports that a number of potential ...


01.24.14

Belfort Comments on Third-Party Payments in Health Exchange

Manatt's Robert Belfort, a partner in the firm's Healthcare Division, spoke to The Post-Standard about the debate on whether third-party premium payments should be accepted on health insurance exchanges.As reported by The Post-Standard, the federal government has given conflicting opinions ...


01.19.14

Joel Ario Quoted on ACA Enrollment Push

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, was quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer on the importance of the Affordable Care Act maintaining enrollment momentum into the new year.As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the ACA enrollment totals showed a significant ...


01.09.14

Joel Ario Speaks to AISHealth on Missing 834 Forms

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, spoke to AISHealth about the progress being made to fix errors on 834-enrollment forms, which are used by health plans to sign up people for coverage.AISHealth reports that since the beginning of the month, the percentage of ...


01.08.14

Drug Industry Daily Quotes Manatt Professional on CMS Plan for Antidepressants

Drug Industry Daily quoted Manatt's Ian Spatz, a senior advisor in the firm's Healthcare Division, on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) plan to force makers of antidepressants and immunosuppressants to compete for inclusion on Medicare Part D formularies, which it ...


01.04.14

Modern Healthcare Quotes Joel Ario on Insurers' 2014 Focus

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article predicting what insurers will likely focus on in 2014.As reported by Modern Healthcare, insurers this year will be closely monitoring the rolling implementation of federal and state ...


01.01.14

Joel Ario Discusses ACOs' Role on Exchanges

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, spoke to ACO Business News about the role that accountable care organizations (ACOs) are likely to play on health insurance exchanges.As reported by ACO Business News, ACOs are likely to play a huge role on the exchanges and ...