White Papers

03.06.15

State Network – Medicaid Expansion States See Significant Budget Savings and Revenue Gains

As states continue to look for new ways to balance their budgets, early results from states that have expanded Medicaid show significant state budget savings after just the first year of expansion. Twenty-six states have expanded Medicaid—this brief focuses on the budget impact in two ...




02.27.15

Manatt on Medicaid: 10 Trends to Watch in 2015

The Manatt team of Deborah Bachrach, Patricia Boozang, Melinda Dutton, Jocelyn Guyer and Kinda Serafi recently coauthored a paper titled “Manatt on Medicaid: 10 Trends to Watch in 2015,” in which they predict the top issues that will define Medicaid in the year ahead. As ...




02.12.15

Supporting Informed Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace: A Progress Report

The National Partnership for Women and Families commissioned Manatt to prepare a progress report focused on the role of marketplaces in supporting informed consumer decision-making about plans. As implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues, the focus on consumer behavior and ...


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 ...