White Papers

01.13.12

Implementing Health Homes in a Risk-Based Medicaid Managed Care Delivery System

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives Medicaid programs the option to create health homes to coordinate and better integrate primary, acute, behavioral health and long-term services and supports for beneficiaries with complex and chronic conditions. Deborah Bachrach, special counsel with Manatt, ...


12.27.11

Federally-Facilitated Exchanges and the Continuum of State Options

Since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010, the federal government and many states have devoted an extraordinary level of resources to planning and developing the systems, policies and protocols to implement Health Insurance Exchanges that will deliver ...


11.03.11

Medicaid Managed Care: How States' Experience Can Inform Exchange Qualified Health Plan Standards

State Affordable Insurance Exchanges (exchanges) are at the core of the coverage reform in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), establishing a marketplace in which individuals and small employers can compare and select among affordable, quality health insurance options. The ACA ...


11.01.11

Implementing National Health Reform in California: Payment and Delivery System Changes

The California HealthCare Foundation—in a report authored by the Manatt Health team of William Bernstein, Jonah Frohlich, Brenda Pawlak and Molly Smith—provides an overview of the Affordable Care Act provisions intended to better align payment approaches with high-value care. It ...


08.19.11

Medicaid Supplemental Payments: Where Do They Fit in Payment Reform?

In a policy brief prepared for the Center for Health Care Strategies (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Deborah Bachrach and Melinda Dutton of Manatt Health Solutions explore Medicaid supplemental payment arrangements within broader payment reform objectives. Medicaid is ...


08.01.11

HHS Proposed Rules on Exchange Implementation Requirements

In an issue brief prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Reform Assistance Network, Manatt's healthcare team highlights the key sections of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rules on the American Health Benefit Exchange implementation, ...


07.13.11

Accountable Care Organizations in California: Programmatic and Legal Considerations

The California HealthCare Foundation—in a report authored by Manatt Health—provides an overview of key policy and regulatory issues likely to arise as California policymakers consider the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the state. The paper discusses the ...


06.20.11

Considerations for the Development of Accountable Care Organizations in New York State

The New York State Health Foundation—in a report authored by the Manatt team of Deborah Bachrach, Robert Belfort, William Bernstein and Susan Ingargiola—provides a framework for New York State officials and health care industry stakeholders to consider the policy issues raised by the ...


06.02.11

Expanding Consumer Control over Personal Health Information

Julie Murchinson Terri Keville


06.02.11

Medicaid Managed Care 2005 Quality Update

This report was prepared by the NYS Coalition of PHSPs (PHSP Coalition) based on findings in the 2005 Managed Care Plan Performance Report produced by the New York State Department of Health. The PHSP Coalition is an association of 14 health plans serving 1.8 million Medicaid, Family Health Plus ...