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11.07.17

CMS Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Could Face Legal Challenges

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, in an article on the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ anticipated approval of state waivers that impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees. CMS Administrator Seema Verma ...


11.06.17

Short-Term Plans Could Lead to Multiple Risk Pools

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Inside Health Policy for an article on how President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand availability of short-term health insurance plans could impact the sale of supplemental plans. Experts have ...


11.06.17

Local Governments Seek to Fill Gap in Addressing Substance Use Disorders

Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, and Christopher Cantrell, a manager with Manatt Health, spoke to Addiction Pro for an article on local governments’ efforts to fill unmet needs related to substance use disorders.


11.01.17

U.S. News, Best Lawyers Recognize Manatt Practices as Top in Nation

Manatt practices earned nine Tier 1 national designations and 25 Tier 1 metropolitan designations in the 2018 Best Law Firms guide, an annual ranking in which U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers analyze the country’s top law firms. In addition, Manatt was recognized as Law Firm of ...


10.26.17

Does Trump’s Opioid Crisis Decision Go Far Enough?

Fortune included insights from Manatt’s Jonah Frohlich, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article on the president’s declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency.


10.23.17

New ACA Legislative Requests Could Signal Doubt

In a Law360 article, Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, commented on the administration’s new requests for legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act.   The requests outline the White House’s preferences for bipartisan legislation, which is ...


10.20.17

Insurer Subsidy Cuts Could Lead to Low Open Enrollment

Current Hollywood quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article that discusses how states are asking the courts to require President Trump to pay Affordable Care Act subsidies to insurers. Washington State’s insurance regulator, for example, said it ...


10.17.17

Will Association Health Plans Lead to Cherry-Picking?

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to CBS News about a recent executive order that aims to broaden the scope of so-called association plans.   Association health plans, according to the publication, are formed when a group of similar small businesses ...


10.16.17

Short-Term Health Plans Have a History of Disputes

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Bloomberg in an article that discussed the history of short-term medical plans similar to those promoted in a recent executive order. According to the publication, these plans have a long history of customer disputes ...


10.14.17

What to Know About Trump’s ACA Decision

The Hill quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, on important things to know about the Trump administration’s new Affordable Care Act decision. The administration recently chose to end payments to insurers that were meant to help low-income people afford their ...