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[Webinar] Final Medicaid Rules, Part Three: Home and Community Based Services - June 4th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

This program is part three of Manatt’s New Federal Rules on Medicaid Access and Managed Care webinar series. After releasing sweeping proposed rules on Medicaid access and managed care in spring 2023, the Centers for...more

Achieving a Racially and Ethnically Equitable Health Care Delivery System in Massachusetts: A Vision and Proposed Action Plan

OVERVIEW - This report proposes a vision and plan for action—collectively a statewide Health Equity Action Plan—for achieving a racially and ethnically equitable health care delivery system in Massachusetts. The report is...more

Leveraging Medicaid Rate-Setting Strategies to Promote Financial Integration in D-SNPs

In the United States, individuals are eligible for Medicare because they are aged 65 or older or because of their long-term disability status, and they are typically eligible for Medicaid because they have low income and few...more

[Webinar] Care at Home 101: Understanding Why It’s Important, Services Provided and How It’s Paid For - June 21st, 1:00 pm - 2:00...

Join Manatt for Part One of a New Webinar Series Guiding You Through the Complexities of Care at Home—and Sharing Best Practices for Effective Delivery. Health care is moving home. According to the Centers for Medicare &...more

[Webinar] Proposed Rules to Enhance Access and Quality for Medicaid HCBS and Strengthen the HCBS Workforce - June 1st, 1:00 pm -...

On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules that, if finalized, would reshape Medicaid’s federal regulatory landscape in several ways, including with respect to home and...more

Opportunities to Promote Financial Integration for Dual-Eligible Individuals

Over 12 million Americans are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, including roughly 7.5 million adults aged 65 and over and roughly 4.5 million people with disabilities under age 65. Many of these dual-eligible...more

[Webinar] Innovating Digitally Enabled Home-Based Care: Promoting Longer, Healthier Living - November 1st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Join Manatt for the Second of Our Imperatives Deep-Dive Sessions on the Topics You Voted Most Important to You. Strengthening our nation’s long-term care system is a pressing societal issue as growing numbers of older...more

[Webinar] Ten Health Care Imperatives for the 2020s: Navigating Through the Surges - May 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

In January 2021, Manatt Health described the ten health care imperatives essential for improving our health care system and advancing health equity in the 2020s. Now two years into the decade, we have released our 2022...more

COVID-19-Related Flexibilities: Moving Toward More Person-Centered Medicare and Medicaid Programs

Editor’s Note: Over the course of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), a series of Medicare and Medicaid regulatory flexibilities were implemented to help ensure access to care for older adults and people with chronic...more

COVID-19 State Resource Guide Update: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure LTSS Access

Editor’s Note: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state policymakers have acted to preserve access to services for populations that use Medicaid-covered long-term services and supports (LTSS). These...more

COVID-19 State Resource Guide: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure Access to Long-Term Services and Supports for...

Background - Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state policymakers have acted to preserve access to services for populations that use Medicaid-covered long-term services and supports (LTSS). These...more

Racism and Racial Inequities in Health

Editor’s Note: In a new primer developed for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Manatt Health creates a foundational resource to broaden the collective understanding of racial and ethnic health inequities...more

Racism and Racial Inequities in Health: A Data-Informed Primer on Health Disparities in Massachusetts

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare long-standing racial and ethnic health inequities and disparities across America, including in Massachusetts. Black and Hispanic people in Massachusetts have been disproportionately impacted by...more

Assessing Enhanced Federal Funding for HCBS Under the American Rescue Plan Act

Editor’s Note: On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, enacting a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The legislation includes a number of provisions that will significantly...more

COVID-19 Resource Guide: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure LTSS Access

Editor’s Note: In an updated and expanded resource guide, supported by a grant from The SCAN Foundation, Manatt Health provides a tool to help state officials and other stakeholders understand how temporary federal and state...more

COVID-19 State Resource Guide: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure Access to LTSS - February 2021

This resource guide is a tool to help state officials and other stakeholders understand how temporary federal and state Medicaid flexibilities and emergency federal funding streams are being deployed during the COVID-19...more

COVID-19 State Resource Guide: Leveraging Federal and State Authorities to Ensure Access to LTSS

This resource guide is a tool to help state officials and other stakeholders understand how temporary federal and state Medicaid flexibilities are being deployed during COVID 19 to help ensure access to LTSS.2 Populations who...more

[Webinar] Long-Term Care in the Time of COVID-19: Part Two - June 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a New Webinar Series From Manatt Health. The nation’s nursing homes, assisted-living...more

CMS Issues Medicaid Toolkit to Help States Streamline COVID-19 Response

The Big Picture - On Sunday, March 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a suite of tools to help state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies respond to the COVID-19...more

State Innovation in Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles

Editor’s Note: Dual eligibles—those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid—are among the most costly and complex enrollees in both programs. Though they represent 20% of Medicare enrollees and 15% of Medicaid enrollees, they...more

New Opportunities to Advance Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles

Editor’s Note: Dual eligibles—those eligible for Medicare and Medicaid—are among the most costly and complex enrollees in both programs. Though they represent 20% of Medicare enrollees and 15% of Medicaid enrollees, they...more

Strengthening Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports

Long-term services and supports (LTSS) enable more than 12 million people to meet their personal care needs and live with dignity and independence in a variety of community and institutional settings. With Medicaid LTSS...more

Ready for Reform: Behavioral Healthcare in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has long been a national leader in state-level healthcare reform. In 2006, the state enacted a landmark coverage expansion that became the model for the Affordable Care Act. It has also been a leader in...more

Addressing Major Drivers of MassHealth Per-Enrollee Spending Growth

The Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth, plays a critical role as a source of health insurance coverage in Massachusetts. It covers a broad range of residents of the commonwealth, including vulnerable populations such...more

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