White Papers

10.06.22

Working With CBOs and Individuals to Support Continuity of Coverage at the End of the PHE

As a condition for receiving enhanced federal funds under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, states are maintaining continuous enrollment of all Medicaid enrollees, and many states have also paused Children’s Health Insurance Program renewals and disenrollments.




10.03.22

Creating a Robust, Diverse, and Resilient Behavioral Health Workforce in Massachusetts

The behavioral health workforce in Massachusetts is in crisis.




09.29.22

Positioning for Value-Based Cancer Care: Lessons and Opportunities

The past 20 years have brought tremendous progress in cancer outcomes with improved screening and new treatments.




09.22.22

Strategies to Ensure Continuous Coverage for Children at the End of the Public Health Emergency

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides enhanced federal matching funds to states as a condition for maintaining Medicaid enrollment until the conclusion of the COVID-19 public health emergency.




09.16.22

States Push for Innovative Ways to Improve Health Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals

Individuals leaving incarceration—mainly people of color—are particularly at risk for poor health outcomes.




09.15.22

Protecting Coverage for Postpartum Individuals at the End of the Public Health Emergency

States have maintained coverage of their Medicaid enrollees as a condition of receiving enhanced federal Medicaid funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, resulting in considerable increases in coverage for all Americans, including pregnant and postpartum individuals.




09.07.22

Expanding Equitable Telehealth Access: Federal Funding Opportunities to Support Universal Broadband

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, states are awash in federal funding opportunities to assist them in responding to or mitigating the impacts of problems generated by the federal public health emergency.




08.29.22

Post-Dobbs Considerations for Provider Organizations: Navigating State Restrictions on Abortion

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, more than a dozen states have enacted new laws—or begun to enforce old ones—that prohibit all or most abortions




08.24.22

The Inflation Reduction Act: Medicare Part D Benefit Redesign

Manatt infographic on the Inflation Reduction Act shows the changes to Medicare Part D.




08.24.22

How Differential Health Insurance Payment Rates Impact Access, Health Equity and Cost

Persistent and growing disparities in the rates paid to health providers by Medicaid, Medicare and commercial insurance are well documented.