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10.20.20

Brooks-LaSure Quoted in Wolters Kluwer’s Health Law Daily on Healthcare Disparities Amid COVID-19

Manatt Health managing director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure spoke with Wolters Kluwer’s Health Law Daily about how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted inequalities within the U.S. healthcare system, and how healthcare stakeholders can address these disparities. In particular, she discussed the steps ...


10.16.20

Kolber Quoted in Health Plan Weekly on the Election’s Impact on the ACA

Manatt Health partner Michael Kolber spoke with Health Plan Weekly about how the 2020 election may impact the health insurance industry, and in particular on the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the article, Kolber noted that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is going to be a key role in how ...


10.12.20

Finkelstein Quoted in FierceHealthcare on the Benefits of Medicare Advantage Enrollment

Adam Finkelstein spoke with FierceHealthcare about the trends that are driving Medicare Advantage enrollment.


10.09.20

Twitter Chat Q&A: Transforming Primary Healthcare for Women

Primary healthcare plays a vital role in women’s health, but the primary care system in the U.S. often fails to meet the full range of women’s healthcare needs.


10.08.20

Mauser Quoted in Roll Call on Presidential Candidates’ Approach to COVID-19

Comments that Gayle Mauser made during Manatt’s recent “2020 Presidential Campaign Healthcare Policy Positions” webinar on the differences between President Trump and Vice President Biden’s approach to COVID-19 were referenced in Roll Call.


10.01.20

Pawlak Quoted in Inside Health Policy on HHS’s Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements

Manatt Health managing director Brenda Pawlak spoke with Inside Health Policy about HHS’s long-awaited Provider Relief Fund guidance, which imposes changes to its annual reporting requirements for providers that receive funding in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the article, Pawlak ...


09.28.20

Manatt Supports Launch of Two Startup Medicare Advantage Health Plans in California

Manatt provided corporate and regulatory counsel to startup Medicare Advantage health plans Astiva Health, Inc., and Brandman Health Plan, Inc., as they obtained the financing, Knox-Keene licenses and Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services contracts.


09.28.20

Manatt Advises THT Health in Developing COVID-19 School Reopening Plan

Manatt represented THT Health (formerly, Teachers Health Trust), the health benefits plan serving employees and dependents of Nevada’s Clark County School District, on the creation of the Taskforce Initiative for Educator Safety & Screening (T.I.E.S.) to promote the safe reopening of ...


09.15.20

Finkelstein Quoted in Modern Healthcare on the Recent Outpatient Drug Pricing Executive Order

Adam Finkelstein spoke with Modern Healthcare about the administration’s recent executive order, which called on the HHS secretary to create rules to tie Medicare outpatient drug payment to international prices.


09.15.20

Karl Quoted in FierceHealthcare and Inside Health Policy on the Withdrawal of the Medicaid Fiscal Ac

Anne Karl spoke with FierceHealthcare and Inside Health Policy about the CMS’ recent decision to withdraw the MFAR which would have stopped states from manipulating Medicaid supplemental payments in order to obtain extra federal matching funds.