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09.24.14

Manatt on Medicaid: State Strategies for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health Services

Medicaid plays a central role in financing mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, accounting for 26 percent of all spending on behavioral health services in this country.


09.23.14

Engaging Patients While Addressing Their Privacy Concerns: The Experience of Project HealthDesign

Patients are using the Internet, personal health records (PHRs) and mobile applications or “apps” to collect and manage personal health information. Many are seeking to share this information with their healthcare providers and clinical care teams to achieve health goals. At the same ...


09.09.14

Manatt on Medicaid: Arkansas—A Leading Laboratory for Healthcare Payment and Delivery Reform

Increasingly, states are moving beyond their traditional Medicaid programs to embrace new roles as leaders of statewide payment and delivery system transformation.


09.03.14

Manatt on Medicaid: Pennsylvania Receives Federal Approval to Implement Medicaid Expansion

On August 28, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Pennsylvania’s application under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act to implement a Medicaid expansion effective January 1, 2015, through a five-year demonstration, “Healthy Pennsylvania.”


06.23.14

Removing Regulatory Barriers to Accelerate EHR Adoption

Recognizing the potential long-term value of EHRs for improving care and reducing costs, many hospitals considered offering physicians financial support to purchase EHR software and related health IT items and services.


06.05.14

Addressing Patients’ Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment

Social and economic factors such as income, educational attainment, access to food and housing, and employment status have a profound impact on health.


05.20.14

Manatt on Medicaid: Indiana Releases Draft Waiver for Approval to Implement ACA Medicaid Expansion

On May 15, 2014, Indiana released a draft waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, requesting approval to implement a Medicaid expansion through the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0, building on its existing Medicaid managed care and health saving account (HSA) programs.


05.14.14

Manatt on Medicaid: Are Health Homes Here to Stay?

Launched amid a flurry of activity in late 2010, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid health home program was quickly adopted by several states.


04.02.14

Manatt on Medicaid: New Hampshire Elects to Expand Medicaid Using Private Plans

Last week, New Hampshire’s governor signed a law (Senate Bill 413-FN-A) that will expand Medicaid to adults with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line.


02.25.14

Strategies for Overcoming Legal Barriers to Health Information Exchange

A growing number of Medicaid officials believe that coordinating care across the physical and behavioral health sectors is critical to improving outcomes and decreasing costs.