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
4/18/2024
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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
1/2/2024
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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
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
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
10/11/2022
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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
5/3/2022
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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
3/29/2022
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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
3/1/2022
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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
1/12/2022
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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
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
3/1/2021
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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
6/4/2020
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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
6/2/2020
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Caring for Recipients, Protecting the Workforce and Supporting Provider Sustainability -
Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a...more
5/26/2020
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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
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
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
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
Low-income adults who need and use long-term services and supports (LTSS) are among the most complex, expensive, and fast-growing populations covered by Medicaid. The challenges of organizing and paying for this much needed...more
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) enable hundreds of thousands of people of all ages in Massachusetts to live with independence and dignity, participate in their communities and increase their overall quality of life....more
Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace -
Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more
7/23/2015
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Executive Summary -
The past decade marked an era of seismic change in the Massachusetts health care market and one in which the Commonwealth led the nation in coverage and delivery system reform. In 2006,...more
“Healthcare-Related” Calls: Ambiguity at the Intersection of HIPAA and TCPA -
Editor’s Note: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established exemptions from certain requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more
11/21/2014
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