Nina Punukollu at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Centering Health Equity in Medicaid: Section 1115 Demonstration Strategies

Longstanding structural racism and related health inequities experienced by people of color further laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic have mobilized leadership in many states to take action on health equity. Structural...more

2/18/2022 / 1115 Waivers , Disparate Impact , Disparate Treatment , Equity Claims , Health Insurance , Healthcare , Healthcare Reform , Managed Care Contracts , Medicaid , Patient Access , Racial Bias

Centering Health Equity in Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstrations: A Roadmap for States

Longstanding structural racism and related health inequities experienced by people of color further laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic have mobilized leadership in many states to take action on health equity. Structural...more

2/18/2022 / 1115 Waivers , Disparate Impact , Disparate Treatment , Equity Claims , Health Insurance , Healthcare , Healthcare Reform , Managed Care Contracts , Medicaid , Racial Bias

End-of-Term Retrospective on the Trump Administration’s 1115 Waiver Priorities

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act permits states to waive certain Medicaid statutory requirements through demonstration projects that advance state policy priorities and test innovations in their Medicaid programs....more

9/14/2020 / 1115 Waivers , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Medicaid Work Requirements , Social Security Act , Statutory Requirements , Trump Administration

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Utah’s Medicaid Expansion

Editor’s Note: In a new post for The Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, summarized below, Manatt Health examines Utah’s efforts to pair Medicaid expansion in the state with enrollment caps that are set based on the...more

11/22/2019 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicaid , Medicaid Expansion , Medicare

New Policies Limit Women’s Access to Family Planning Services

Editor’s Note: In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued sweeping new regulations governing Title X funding, a federal grant program that is a major source of financing for family planning...more

9/25/2019 / Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Family Planning Clinics , Grants , Health Care Providers , Medicaid , Title X

Medicaid Work Requirements: Policy and Practical Considerations

In January 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance setting forth the standards it will apply in granting state waivers conditioning Medicaid eligibility on compliance with work and community...more

6/15/2018 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicaid , Medicaid Work Requirements , Medicare

Indiana Proposes New Eligibility Requirements in Waiver Extension Application

Indiana is seeking a three-year extension of its Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0 Section 1115 demonstration. Through HIP 2.0, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved in January 2015, Indiana...more

6/15/2017 / 1115 Waivers , Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicaid

Manatt on Medicaid: Maine Releases Draft Waiver Request Proposing New Eligibility Requirements

On April 25, 2017, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services released for public comment a draft Section 1115 waiver application to implement new eligibility and coverage requirements for MaineCare, the State’s...more

5/2/2017 / 1115 Waivers , Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Cost-Sharing , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Eligibility , Fee-for-Service , Health Insurance , Healthcare Reform , Medicaid , Medicaid Work Requirements , Premiums

Nina Punukollu

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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