White Papers

05.26.14

Addressing Patients' Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment

Manatt co-authored a report for The Commonwealth Fund, Skoll Foundation and Pershing Square Foundation titled "Addressing Patients' Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment." With changes in the healthcare landscape catapulting social determinants of health ...


05.01.14

Coverage and Delivery of Adult Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid Managed Care

Manatt authored an issue brief for the Medicaid Managed Care Information Resource Center, a project sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, that explores state strategies with respect to purchasing substance abuse services for adult Medicaid beneficiaries. The brief reviews ...


03.20.14

Advancing the Academic Health System for the Future

"Advancing the Academic Health System for the Future," a report produced by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Advisory Panel for Health Care in partnership with Manatt Health Solutions, presents a framework that will help academic medical centers move to a sustainable ...


03.06.14

Ten Years In: Charting the Progress of Health Information Exchange in the US

Manatt authored a report for the California HealthCare Foundation that reviews the nation’s health information exchange (HIE) efforts over the past decade and summarizes the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. The report, “Ten Years In: Charting the Progress of Health ...


01.21.14

Establishing Performance Standards for Hospital-Based Presumptive Eligibility: Considerations for St

Manatt authored an issue brief for the State Health Reform Assistance Network, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, that examines the "presumptive eligibility" (PE) option for hospitals, allowing them to use preliminary information to enroll people temporarily in Medicaid and ...


01.16.14

Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health: Strategies for Overcoming Legal Barriers to Health Infor

Manatt authored an issue brief, "Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health: Strategies for Overcoming Legal Barriers to Health Information Exchange," that explores the strategies states use to address legal barriers that impede data-sharing efforts among providers to integrate physical ...


12.11.13

Report from the States: Early Observations about Five State Marketplaces

Manatt prepared an issue brief for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Reform Assistance Network that focuses on five state health insurance marketplaces to assess lessons that might help to explain trends in the initial months of open enrollment. Based on interviews with state ...


11.20.13

Fast Track to Coverage: Facilitating Enrollment of Eligible People into the Medicaid Expansion

Beginning January 1, 2014, millions of low-income parents and other adults will become newly eligible for coverage in states implementing the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) expansion of Medicaid to adults with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. To help states launch the ...


04.18.13

Coverage Alternatives for Low and Modest Income Consumers

To ensure a seamless system of coverage, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires a single streamlined application for all Insurance Affordability Programs (IAPs) and a coordinated process for IAP eligibility and enrollment. States looking beyond the eligibility and enrollment process can utilize a ...


04.15.13

Simplified, Real-Time Verification Issue Brief

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires a coordinated and streamlined eligibility and enrollment process for all Insurance Affordability Programs (IAPs), including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), and advance premium tax credits/cost sharing reductions to purchase ...