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07.22.14

NBC News Turns to Joel Ario on Conflicting ACA Decisions

NBC News spoke with Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the different approaches that two appeals courts took in the latest challenges against the Affordable Care Act.NBC News reports that one federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the ...


07.22.14

Politico Quotes Joel Ario on Alternative Options for Obamacare Subsidies

Politico quoted Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on what would happen if the courts ultimately block Obamacare subsidies through the federal exchange.Politico reports that more than half the country would be cut off from the money that makes the health ...


07.22.14

Joel Ario Discusses ACA Subsidies with Law360

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to Law360 for an article on how the government subsidies on the Affordable Care Act's federal exchanges will almost certainly survive despite conflicting issues issued recently from two circuit courts.Law360 reports that if ...


07.21.14

Inside Health Policy Looks to Joel Ario on SBE Sustainability

Inside Health Policy looked to Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for insight into how states are planning to sustain exchanges.Inside Health Policy reports that several state-based exchanges intend to add or increase user fees that are tacked onto insurance policies in ...


07.16.14

Joel Ario Quoted on Health of State Exchanges

Information Week quoted Manatt's JoelArio, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on the state-level health exchanges that are still a work in progress.Information Week reports that, initially, 14 states planned to implement their own insurance shopping sites. But one ...


07.08.14

Joel Ario Comments on Importance of Encouraging Health Exchange Consumers to Shop

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, spoke to Health Exchange Alert on how the Obama administration's proposed automatic renewal policy on the federal health exchange can be successful.Health Exchange Alert reports that the proposed auto-renewal policy ...


07.07.14

Manatt Adds Top California Healthcare Trial Lawyer to National Team

Manatt announced today that John M. LeBlanc has joined the firm's litigation practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office.


07.05.14

Modern Healthcare Turns to Manatt Professional on AMC Consolidation

Modern Healthcare turned to Manatt's Thomas Enders, a senior managing director with Manatt Health, for insight into the potential shake-up of U.S. academic medicine.Modern Healthcare reports that the pending combination of Arizona's only academic medical center with the state's largest ...


07.03.14

Modern Healthcare Interviews Joel Ario on Potential Effects of Hobby Lobby Decision

Modern Healthcare interviewed Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health Solutions, for an article on how the U.S. Supreme Court may have laid the groundwork for a shift away from employer-sponsored health plans by exempting closely held corporations from a federal regulation ...


06.26.14

Joel Ario Discusses Auto Re-Enrollment on Health Exchanges

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, discussed with Modern Healthcare a proposed rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services to automatically re-enroll individuals who signed up for coverage through the state and federal exchanges.Modern Healthcare reports ...