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05.16.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Observations from New York's DSRIP Implementation

Medicaid is the largest healthcare payer in virtually every state. States are increasingly leveraging that position to drive payment and delivery system reform efforts.


05.12.16

Manatt on Medicaid: CMS Finalizes Overhaul of Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Rules

This Manatt on Medicaid is the first in a series of updates focused on CMS's new Medicaid/CHIP managed care regulations.


05.10.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, May 10, 2016

South Dakota expects additional $18 million in Medicaid expansion savings due to CMS's revised IHS rules; Arizona uses procedural maneuvers to reinstate enrollment in CHIP; and comprehensive Medicaid managed care enrollment increased by 24% in 2014.


05.09.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Massachusetts Releases Details on Forthcoming DSRIP Waiver Proposal

On April 14, 2016, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services released new details on a proposed restructuring of the MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid) payment and delivery system.


05.06.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Ohio Releases Draft Waiver Request to Implement Major Medicaid Coverage Reforms

On April 15, 2016, Ohio released a draft Section 1115 waiver application to implement the Healthy Ohio Program.


05.03.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, May 3, 2016

CMS encourages access to Medicaid for eligible inmates transitioning to their communities, while New York seeks to extend Medicaid coverage to eligible inmates in the days prior to release; Pennsylvania seeks to shift $6 billion towards value-based payments in new MCO contracts; and HealthCare.gov ...


04.28.16

Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap, April 2016

Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed an appropriation bill funding "Arkansas Works," the re-named State's Medicaid expansion, concluding a two-week-long negotiation that ended in a procedural maneuver to preserve the program's funding after the original appropriations bill failed to ...


04.26.16

How to Prepare for "Phase Two" HIPAA Compliance Audits: Tips on Getting Ready for Scrutiny

There are a few different steps that organizations can and should be taking to prepare for a possible audit. The first is that there should be an internal gap analysis conducted of the organization's HIPAA compliance program. The analysis should include comparing the organization's existing ...


04.26.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, April 26, 2016

CMS's sweeping final rule aligns Medicaid and CHIP managed care with QHP and Medicare Advantage regulations; New York's DSRIP is enabling change in the State's Medicaid delivery system; and Medicaid expansion reduces non-medical debt in low-income areas.


04.19.16

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, April 19, 2016

Funding for Arkansas' Medicaid expansion hangs in limbo; Tennessee's House Speaker appoints Medicaid reform task force in light of public groundswell; and CMS delays requirement for State-based SHOP online enrollment.