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10.25.16

What to Do if Your Insurer Has Left the Exchange

CBS MoneyWatch interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about what consumers should do if their health insurance company is pulling out of the exchange business next year.Ario’s advice was four-fold: First, Ario advised consumers to watch ...


10.24.16

Off-Exchange Market Poses New Questions for Health Insurance

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about how the ACA marketplace compares with the off-exchange health insurance market.The publication reports that one reason some consumers go off the exchanges is that they find it simpler to ...


10.24.16

KY Medicaid Waiver Proposes Radical Changes

The Hill Extra quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the extended comment period for the controversial Kentucky Medicaid waiver. CMS extended the comment period after receiving an unprecedented number of responses to the proposal to change ...


10.21.16

Reinsurance Could Aid in Costs That Cause Higher Premiums

The Wall Street Journal quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the discussion surrounding changes to the Affordable Care Act that are in response to rising insurance premiums. Pressure is coming from insurers, who say without reform they will be ...


10.19.16

Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Likely to Continue Growing

The Hill quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the Obama administration’s final push to solidify the Affordable Care Act before leaving office. The administration has projected that about one million more people will sign up for ...


10.18.16

Strategies for Improving ACA Exchanges

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about strategies to improve the ACA’s insurance exchange. Problems range from people dropping coverage after receiving expensive medical services to an absence of young, healthy ...


10.12.16

Delivery System Transformation for Medi-Cal

The California Health Care Foundation Blog interviewed Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, to discuss the recent findings of Manatt’s white paper, “Moving Medi-Cal Forward on the Path to Delivery System Transformation.”Published by the Foundation, the report ...


10.05.16

Medicaid Can Aid Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

MedPage Today quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about strategies for handling the opioid crisis in the United States.


10.05.16

How Insurance Exchange Instability Could Affect ACA’s Future

Health Payer Intelligence interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, managing directors with Manatt Health, for an article about some of the biggest regulatory issues of the Affordable Care Act and the solutions that could help improve conditions for commercial payers ...


10.05.16

Hometeam Partners With Medicaid in NYC

MobiHealthNews covered Manatt’s representation of Hometeam, a mobile-based, senior-focused home care company, in a deal with Medicaid Long Term Managed Care that allows enrollees in New York City to use Medicaid funds to pay for Hometeam’s services. Manatt’s Randi Seigel, counsel ...