Editor’s Note: In a recent "State Spotlight" for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, reprinted below, Manatt Health discusses the investments and efforts that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is making to promote health...more
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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Editor’s note: Health care leaders are operating in an environment of seismic change. From the climate crisis to the renewed focus on social justice to the drive for health equity, a myriad of forces is converging to pressure...more
Last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center, or CMMI) released its long-anticipated white paper, “Innovation Strategy Center Refresh,” outlining the Innovation Center’s strategic outlook...more
A Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine was published on Friday by the National Academies of the Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to guide ongoing vaccine planning efforts by federal, state, and...more
On September 16, 2020, the Trump Administration issued, for the first time, a planning framework for allocation and distribution of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine (the Federal Distribution Strategy). After briefly summarizing...more
In 2016, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed three contraceptive care quality measures to assess the degree to which women access effective methods of contraception. This endorsement is an important milestone in quality...more
Editor’s Note: Manatt Health modeled the extent to which hospitals and health systems could save money on post-acute care (PAC) by taking a strategic, data-driven approach to skilled nursing facility (SNF) placement....more
On November 2, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule with Comment updating the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)....more