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08.12.15

Defunding Planned Parenthood Will Be Difficult in Some States

NPR interviewed Cindy Mann, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on the difficulty of defunding Planned Parenthood in states where it is still required to receive funding as part of the Medicaid program.According to NPR, defunding Planned Parenthood has become a hot issue ...


08.06.15

ACA Implementation and Medicaid Expansion for States

Inside Health Policy referenced Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article about Republican state lawmakers voicing their enduring skepticism of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at a panel hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures.While many of these ...


08.02.15

Virginia Searches for More Medicaid Funds

Fierce Health Finance quoted Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, in an article about how Virginia is investigating alternatives to obtain and use federal funding under the Affordable Care Act.Virginia, one of twenty states yet to expand Medicaid eligibility under the ...


07.23.15

Manatt Associate Interviewed on Innovation Waiver Updates

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt's Michael Kolber, an associate in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on CMS' new guidance on innovation waivers.The agency's updates on the waivers, which would let states opt out of major pieces of the Affordable Care Act, ...


07.16.15

Manatt Partner Comments on Healthcare Messaging Debate

Healthcare Dive interviewed Manatt's Christine Reilly, co-chair of the firm's TCPA Compliance and Class Action Defense practice, for an article on the FCC's recent decision to exempt healthcare messaging from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The FCC stipulates that the messages ...


07.16.15

mHealth News Quotes Manatt Partner on Exempted Healthcare Messaging

mHealth NewsChristine Reilly, co-chair of the firm's TCPA Compliance and Class Action Defense practice, for an article on how healthcare providers who call patients or send automated messages may be running afoul of federal law.The Telephone Protection Act was enacted in the 1990s to protect ...


07.15.15

Politico Interviews Ario on Potential Health Insurer Mergers

Politico interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on the wave of mergers roiling the health insurance industry. The mergers are certain to attract scrutiny from federal and state regulators, given the potential for concentrated market ...


07.15.15

Ario Quoted on State-Run Exchanges Post-King

Inside Health Reform interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on the likelihood that states use the federal marketplace rather than moving to create their own exchanges after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in King v. Burwell. States ...


07.15.15

Ario Comments on New AHIP Leadership

Inside Health Policy interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on America's Health Insurance Plans' announcement that former CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner will be its new president and CEO, starting Aug. 24. Tavenner replaces Karen ...


07.08.15

Bloomberg BNA Quotes Bachrach on Medicaid Expansion Post-Burwell

Bloomberg BNA interviewed Manatt's Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article on states' renewed focus on Medicaid expansion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in support of Affordable Care Act subsidies.Bachrach told Bloomberg BNA that ...