White Papers

12.01.14

The Future of MassHealth: Five Priority Issues for the New Administration

In a report prepared for the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI), a program of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Manatt highlights key issues for MassHealth, a nearly $14 billion Medicaid program that provides insurance coverage to more than 1.5 million residents of ...


10.07.14

An Overview of Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Waivers

Manatt and The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured prepared an issue brief focused on Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programs, which are increasingly being used across the country to promote sweeping payment and delivery system reforms. DSRIP initiatives are part of ...


10.02.14

Business Associate Compliance With HIPAA: Findings From a Survey of Covered Entities and Business As

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) permits healthcare providers and health plans (known as “Covered Entities”) to share health information with third party vendors, which are referred to as “Business Associates” under HIPAA’s regulations. ...


10.02.14

State Strategies for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health Services in a Changing Medicaid Envi

States across the country are promoting integrated care delivery as part of their efforts to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care to Medicaid beneficiaries with comorbid physical and behavioral health conditions. The Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings ...


08.22.14

Arkansas: A Leading Laboratory for Health Care Payment and Delivery System Reform

As states’ Medicaid programs continue to evolve from traditional fee-for-service to value-based healthcare delivery, there is growing recognition that systemwide multipayer approaches provide the market power needed to address the triple aim of improved patient care, improved health of ...


06.01.14

Understanding the Potential Role Web Brokers Can Play in State-Based Marketplaces

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already greatly expanding individual health insurance coverage, particularly among lower-income uninsured individuals. However, this is neither easy nor inexpensive to sustain, and it will require ongoing, effective public-private partnerships on multiple levels. ...


05.26.14

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

Manatt co-authored a report for The Commonwealth Fund, Skoll Foundation and Pershing Square Foundation titled "Addressing Patients' Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment." With changes in the healthcare landscape catapulting social determinants of health ...


05.01.14

Coverage and Delivery of Adult Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid Managed Care

Manatt authored an issue brief for the Medicaid Managed Care Information Resource Center, a project sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, that explores state strategies with respect to purchasing substance abuse services for adult Medicaid beneficiaries. The brief reviews ...


03.20.14

Advancing the Academic Health System for the Future

"Advancing the Academic Health System for the Future," a report produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Advisory Panel for Health Care in partnership with Manatt Health Solutions, presents a framework that will help academic medical centers move to a sustainable ...


03.06.14

Ten Years In: Charting the Progress of Health Information Exchange in the US

Manatt authored a report for the California HealthCare Foundation that reviews the nation’s health information exchange (HIE) efforts over the past decade and summarizes the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. The report, “Ten Years In: Charting the Progress of Health ...