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01.08.19

Application Process for InCK and MOM Models Imminent

During 2018, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two new opportunities for state governments and their partners to improve their delivery systems for children and mothers, respectively, under the Integrated ...


12.19.18

Medicaid Provisions in the SUPPORT Act

Compared with commercial insurance, Medicaid often takes the lead on addressing the opioid epidemic.


10.23.18

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Medicaid Managed Care

With mounting evidence demonstrating the influence of nonclinical and social factors—such as unstable housing, food insecurity and interpersonal violence—on health outcomes and healthcare costs, social determinants of health (SDOH) have edged into the mainstream.


09.25.18

Gain New Insights Into Critical Medicaid Managed Care Trends

Join Manatt Health for the Next Two Webinars in Our Medicaid Managed Care Series.


05.22.18

America’s Opioid Crisis

The deaths caused by opioids in 2016 exceeded the total deaths in any single year from car accidents, gun violence and even HIV/AIDS at the height of that epidemic.


04.23.18

Connecting Justice-Involved Populations to Health Coverage and Care

Although the Constitution requires states and localities to provide healthcare to people in prisons and jails, many still fail to receive needed care.


03.28.18

Medicaid’s Critical Role in Addressing the Opioid Crisis

As the opioid crisis in the United States continues to deepen—with opioid overdoses claiming 42,000 lives in 20161—policymakers, providers, advocates and other stakeholders are seeking out all available resources in an attempt to fight back.


03.20.18

The Promise of Data-Driven Healthcare: Megatrends for 2018

There is a quote by science fiction writer Amelia Atwater-Rhodes that is the ideal lead-in to any discussion about healthcare data and analytics: “Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.”


10.26.17

CMS Approves West Virginia’s Substance Use Disorder Waiver

On October 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved West Virginia’s “Creating a Continuum of Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders” Section 1115 demonstration.


08.22.17

CMS Approves Florida 1115 Waiver, Increasing Uncompensated Care Funding

On August 3, 2017, CMS approved a five-year extension of Florida’s 1115 demonstration through June 30, 2022.