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Medicaid is a partnership program between states and the federal government to provide healthcare coverage for lower income individuals, people with disabilities, older people, and certain families with... more +

Investigations Newsletter: Surgeon To Pay Up to $43 Million for FCA Fraud

ArentFox Schiff on 5/30/2023

Surgeon To Pay Up to $43 Million for FCA Fraud - A Michigan vascular surgeon, Vasso Godiali, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for defrauding health care programs in connection with his submission of false claims for...more

EnforceMintz — 2022 Saw the Expansion of EKRA Outside of the Addiction Treatment Setting

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 2/13/2023

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA) is a criminal statute that prohibits paying or receiving anything of value in exchange for the referral of patients to recovery homes, clinical treatment facilities, or...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - May 2017 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/1/2017

CBO says the House repeal and replace bill could destabilize the individual insurance market in some states; Indiana posts a work requirement amendment to its Medicaid expansion waiver application; and states allow insurers...more

Proposals to Cap State Medicaid Funding: Massachusetts Considerations - Prepared for the Massachusetts Coalition for Coverage and...

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/20/2017

In a new chart pack commissioned by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation for the Massachusetts Coalition for Coverage and Care, Manatt Health provides an overview of proposals to cap federal Medicaid funding...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/3/2016

Oregon’s hospitals see improved financial performance following the ACA; CMS denies Indiana’s request for an additional lockout period in the Medicaid expansion program; and a new Manatt Health report details Medicaid funding...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/7/2016

Massachusetts extends coverage of Hepatitis C treatments and New Hampshire extends substance use disorder coverage to more Medicaid enrollees; Alaska’s Medicaid expansion now moves ahead uncontested; and CMS reports...more

Medicaid Update - January 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/29/2016

Welcome to the inaugural issue of "Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap," a new companion publication to Manatt's weekly health reform highlights newsletter. For those of you laser-focused on Medicaid expansion, the...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/14/2015

Iowa's largest insurer joins the State's Marketplace for coverage year 2017; carrier changes are announced for Marketplaces in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Wyoming; and South Dakota's Governor convenes the Health Care Solutions...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/30/2015

New study shows Marketplace premiums parallel the employer market; Montana likely to select a private insurer to administer benefits to its Medicaid expansion population; and Washington’s Exchange customers will begin paying...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/4/2015

CMS permits states to use income information from other means-tested benefit programs for Medicaid eligibility determinations; Alaska’s Medicaid expansion is given the green light to launch today; and Washington State submits...more

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