White Papers

03.20.19

Strengthening Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) enable more than 12 million people to meet their personal care needs and live with dignity and independence in a variety of community and institutional settings.




03.19.19

Assessing the Regulatory Burden on Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities

In a new report commissioned by the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Manatt Health assesses the burden that certain federal laws and regulations impose on inpatient psychiatric facilities.




03.15.19

Risky Business? Sharing Data With Entities Not Covered by HIPAA

The risky business of sharing data in and outside of the healthcare system is becoming more complicated, especially as consumer use of health applications and the desire to share health data increase exponentially. Current privacy laws were not created during the age of the internet, big data and ...




03.07.19

Health Plan Questions About Sharing Information During Opioid Crisis

People eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid experience co-occurring substance use disorders and chronic pain at rates that are two to six times higher than those for Medicare-only beneficiaries or Medicaid-only adults with disabilities, which puts them at higher risk for opioid misuse or ...




03.06.19

Medicaid Briefing Series: Priority Issues for State Policymakers

Medicaid is woven into the fabric of states’ healthcare systems and economies. Covering one in five Americans, the Medicaid program is the single-largest insurer in every state, and is the largest source of funding for mental health, substance use disorder, long-term care and emergency ...




02.28.19

Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirements

Under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is permitted to waive certain federal Medicaid requirements to allow a state to undertake an experimental, pilot or demonstration project that is “likely to assist in promoting the objectives of” ...




02.25.19

Telehealth: A Path to Virtual Integrated Care

How patients experience healthcare is shifting. Care that used to take place only in brick-and-mortar settings can now occur digitally.




02.21.19

Opioid Safety Toolkit for Health Plans

The United States is in the midst of the worst drug crisis in its history.




02.20.19

The Landscape of Federal and State Healthcare Buy-In Models

Across the country, policymakers, healthcare stakeholders and consumer advocates are motivated to expand affordable coverage, with the overarching goals of lowering the uninsured rate, addressing affordability and access-to-care issues (such as high premiums, deductibles and cost-sharing), and ...




02.12.19

Infographic: The California Consumer Privacy Act

Our privacy and data security group has released a new infographic covering the central elements of the California Consumer Privacy Act. Check out the infographic below to learn more about this important privacy legislation as you prepare for compliance by 2020. Stay up to date with all our ...