White Papers

05.15.20

Strategies for Supporting and Strengthening Medicaid IT During the COVID-19 Crisis

As states face the extraordinary challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, information technology (IT) is an essential tool to support access to health coverage and the safe and effective evaluation, testing, and treatment of patients nationwide.




05.05.20

Ensuring People Have the Medicaid Coverage They Need During the Economic Crisis

In March, Congress temporarily raised the share of Medicaid costs that the federal government will pay, in response to COVID-19.




05.01.20

COVID-19 Testing and Treatment Coverage for Adults in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States

States are actively pursuing various coverage options for uninsured individuals who need COVID-19 testing and treatment.




04.10.20

Targeted Options for Increasing Medicaid Payments to Providers During COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing dramatic changes in utilization that threaten the financial stability of hospitals and other providers, and may jeopardize access to care during and after the national emergency and well beyond as the country recovers.




03.30.20

Second COVID Bill: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Manatt Health has released a new infographic detailing funding to key health agencies and programs in the second COVID-19 bill.




03.30.20

New Infographic—EMTALA and COVID-19: When Can Hospitals Divert Patients to Alternative Screening Si

The federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) requires hospitals to provide a medical screening exam for any patient who comes to the emergency department, including suspected COVID-19 patients.




03.25.20

First COVID Bill: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Manatt Health has released a new infographic detailing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies allotted funds in the first COVID-19 bill, Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.




03.25.20

Quickly Expanding Medicaid Eligibility as an Urgent Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

As coronavirus paralyzes broad swaths of the economy, the United States is poised to experience an unprecedented increase in the number of people losing jobs, incomes and health insurance coverage.




03.11.20

State Medicaid and CHIP Strategies to Respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

As concerns regarding widespread COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection in the United States increase, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies are evaluating how to leverage their public health insurance programs to respond.




03.06.20

Evolving Physician-Practice Ownership Models

Physician practice acquisitions and/or equity investment by nontraditional players, such as health plans, private equity investors, venture capitalists and large employers, is a growing trend. These new entrants give physicians additional options for where and how to work.