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Medicaid Reform

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Medicaid Reform Beyond the AHCA

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/10/2017

While we continue to monitor Congressional efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, we are also monitoring CMS’s efforts to implement the administration’s Medicaid program goals without Congressional action. The future of the...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - August 2016 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/17/2016

CMS’s risk adjustment program data signals an improving risk pool while the agency announces plans to modify the program; California enrolls 134,000 undocumented immigrant children into Medicaid; and Oregon approves increases...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 - November 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/18/2015

Kansas legislators supportive of Medicaid expansion are pulled from committee; Montana’s Medicaid expansion is off to a strong start; and New Mexico sees declines in uncompensated care since ACA implementation....more

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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/11/2015

With the election of a new Governor, the future of Kentucky’s Marketplace and Medicaid expansion is uncertain; CMS questions Iowa on its Medicaid managed care transition timeline; and the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - November 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/5/2015

Montana receives approval to expand Medicaid beginning 2016; California’s $6.2 billion Medicaid waiver receives pre-approval; and HHS proposes broadening circumstances under which states receive enhanced federal matching...more

Manatt on Medicaid: Medicaid at 50—The Program’s Evolution and Future

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/27/2015

Editor’s note: Born as an afterthought to Medicare five decades ago, Medicaid has evolved from an adjunct to state welfare programs into the nation’s largest health insurer. Medicaid’s 50th birthday is a fitting time to...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/21/2015

Arizona seeks Medicaid Waiver to implement new coverage restrictions for Medicaid expansion enrollees and delivery system reform; Tennessee’s uninsured rate continues to drop; and Louisiana gubernatorial candidates line up...more

Medicaid at 50: The Program’s Evolution and Future

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

Born as an afterthought to Medicare five decades ago, Medicaid has evolved from an adjunct to state welfare programs to the nation’s largest health insurer. The occasion of Medicaid’s 50th birthday is a fitting time to...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 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/23/2015

The Massachusetts Marketplace takes steps to ease consumer confusion by reducing choice among QHPs; North Carolina appears poised to pass Medicaid reform legislation; and bipartisan support is gaining for defining businesses...more

Manatt on Medicaid: Arizona Releases Draft Waiver Request for Approval to Implement Reforms to ACA Medicaid Expansion

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/21/2015

Overview - On August 18, 2015, Arizona released the Modernizing Arizona Medicaid proposal for a new 1115 waiver to implement coverage and delivery system reforms in its Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost...more

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