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North Carolina’s New Plan to Relieve Medical Debt

On July 1, North Carolina announced a new plan to relieve past medical debt for low- and middle-income consumers and mitigate the impact of medical debt going forward. Under the proposal, hospitals that choose to implement...more

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Florida Magistrate Judge Rules Against Florida’s Efforts to Prohibit CMS from Enforcing an Informational Bulletin on Health...

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On January 29, 2023, a Florida Magistrate Judge recommended denying the State of Florida’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and granting CMS’s Motion to Dismiss in connection with the implementation and enforcement of its...more

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Advancing Women’s Reproductive Health Access: Medicaid Should Be a Part of Your Growth Strategy

The Medicaid Market: A Huge and Growing Investment Opportunity - Medicaid is a critical source of health care coverage for women in their childbearing years, covering 1 in 5, or 13 million, women of reproductive age and...more

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Enhancing Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services: State-Level Best Practices

Editor’s Note: In a new issue brief prepared with the support of Arnold Ventures, Manatt Health shares an array of best practice strategies in place across the nation to serve as an actionable road map for states that might...more

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Implementing State-Level Policy and Operational Processes That Enhance Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services

Given its role as a critical source of health care coverage for low-income individuals in the United States, including 13 million women of reproductive age, Medicaid is the primary source of family planning coverage in the...more

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[Webinar] Proposed Rules on Medicaid Payments, Access and Quality: Implications for Health Care Stakeholders - June 20th, 1:00 pm...

On Thursday, April 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two highly anticipated proposed rules... Together, these would reshape the federal regulatory landscape for Medicaid and the Children’s Health...more

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[Webinar] Enhancing Access to Medicaid Family Planning Program Services: State-Level Best Practices - June 22nd, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm...

Medicaid is the primary source of family planning coverage, accounting for 75% of public expenditures for family planning services in the United States. In order to expand the number of people who can access family planning...more

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: May 1, 2023

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Lots of Healthcare Activity in Congress - Activity in Congress focusing on healthcare issues has increased over the last few weeks and is not slowing down anytime soon. This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...more

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[Webinar] Strategies for Providing Whole Child Care: A Blueprint for Meeting Children’s Social Needs - May 2nd, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm...

Strong evidence suggests that investing in children’s social needs leads to long-term improvements in health, economic stability and resilience. Despite this growing body of research, stakeholders have historically...more

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[Webinar] Innovative Strategies to Address SDOH: Lessons From North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots - March 30th, 2:00 pm...

North Carolina’s “Healthy Opportunities Pilots” were among the first 1115 demonstrations granting broad state authority to leverage Medicaid funding to address drivers of health—the conditions in which people live, work and...more

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[Webinar] New Medicaid Opportunities for Financing Health-Related Social Needs: A Conversation With States - January 9th, 3:00 pm...

This fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved innovative 1115 waivers for Arizona, Massachusetts and Oregon, authorizing new financing and programmatic flexibilities for delivering services that...more

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[Webinar] Integrating Community Care Hubs into Efforts to Address SDOH: A Playbook for State Medicaid Agencies - November 18th,...

In a new webinar based on their soon-to-be-released resource, Integrating Community Care Hubs into Efforts to Address Social Drivers of Health: A Playbook for State Medicaid Agencies, Manatt Health and the Partnership to...more

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[Webinar] Meeting Health-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid: A New Opportunity for States - April 6th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

In recent years, states have sought to leverage Medicaid to address social drivers of health (DoH), relying primarily on waivers for financing. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) approval of California’s...more

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California Appellate Court Rules Federally Qualified Health Center Outreach Expenses Don't Qualify For Cost-Based Reimbursement

Family Health Centers of San Diego (Health Center) operates a federally qualified health center (FQHC) that has 49 locations throughout San Diego County, California, and provides a comprehensive range of primary and...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Hold the Phone: Audio-Only Telehealth Expanding in New York and other States, but National Policies May Lag

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a wave of telehealth policy changes across the nation at both federal and state levels. Such changes have expanded access to health care and addressed underutilization in chronic disease...more

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California COVID-19 State Agency Guidance - March 2021

Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) - SPA 20-0040—CMS-Approved State Plan Amendment (03/16/2021) - CMS has approved California’s requests for a waiver of public notice requirements applicable to the SPA...more

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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

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New York State Budget Update: Joint Legislative Public Hearing on Health, Medicaid

On February 25, 2021, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate convened their annual Health and Medicaid hearing on the proposed Executive Budget, which was previously scheduled to take place February 5, 2021....more

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Wisconsin Medicaid Divisor Update

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UPDATE: Our July 28, 2020, post informed you that the Wisconsin Medicaid divisor would remain unchanged in 2020...more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Managed Care Compliance Conference - February 1st - 3rd, 9:30 am - 3:45 pm CST

The first ever VIRTUAL Managed Care Compliance Conference will have the great speakers and content you have come to expect from the in-person event. Each year, we look forward to hosting compliance professionals at our...more

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Time for a Checkup: Recent North Carolina Efforts Regarding Telehealth - Part II

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The pandemic has also overhauled how physicians and health care providers practice in North Carolina, with many offices switching to virtual exams to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. North Carolina Medical Board's...more

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CHART Model Community Transformation Track: Value Proposition for Rural Healthcare Reform

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has long acknowledged the disparities in care and outcomes affecting the one in five Americans who live in rural areas, as well as the financial challenges faced by rural...more

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Ensuring Children’s Access to Care Using Telehealth in Medicaid During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking serious health and economic consequences on children and families. At the same time, pediatric providers have scaled their telehealth capabilities at warp speed to reduce disease spread and...more

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CMS Approvals of COVID-19 1115 Waivers are Limited to Date

Four months after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offered state Medicaid programs a new COVID-19 Section 1115 waiver opportunity, five of at least 20 applying states have received approval of their waiver...more

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Wisconsin Medicaid Divisor Staying Put. For Now.

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Every year before July 1st, Wisconsin publishes an updated Medicaid divisor to be in effect starting on July 1st of that year until June 30th of the next year. This year, Wisconsin has not yet updated its Medicaid divisor due...more

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