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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Do Health Care Providers That Serve Historically Marginalized Populations Get Paid Less? An Analytic Investigation

Executive Summary - Health inequities are pervasive across the country, with the health and well-being of Americans too often diverging along racial and ethnic lines. While recent studies have identified many factors...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Maryland Expands Access to Gender-Affirming Care

On January 1, 2024, Maryland’s Trans Health Equity Act (THEA) went into effect, requiring the state’s Medicaid program to cover all medically necessary gender-affirming services, including services that were not previously...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Weighs in on the Use of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence in Coverage Determinations

Apparently in light of recent litigation against Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, on February 6, 2024, CMS published responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advancing Health Equity: State Medicaid Actions to Ensure Access to Gender-Affirming Care

The transgender, or trans, community experiences stark health disparities resulting from discrimination, violence, stigma and a lack of culturally competent providers. Compared with the general U.S. population, trans...more

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Achieving a Racially and Ethnically Equitable Health Care Delivery System in Massachusetts: A Vision and Proposed Action Plan

OVERVIEW - This report proposes a vision and plan for action—collectively a statewide Health Equity Action Plan—for achieving a racially and ethnically equitable health care delivery system in Massachusetts. The report is...more

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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

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Racism and Racial Inequities in Health

Editor’s Note: In a new primer developed for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Manatt Health creates a foundational resource to broaden the collective understanding of racial and ethnic health inequities...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The End of the COVID-19 PHE and Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Health Equity Implications

Medicaid enrollment has increased by over 10 million (or 15 percent) from February 2020 through February 2021 across all states since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant contributor to these gains in coverage...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead: Ensuring Access to Coverage and Care - March 31st, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm...

Join Manatt and Innovators From Callen-Lorde and NY State of Health for a Dynamic Roundtable Exploring New Policy Opportunities and Strategies for Advancing Coverage and Care. Access to coverage and care is the linchpin of...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - July 2020

Uncomfortable truths, long ignored, can rise up suddenly and demand action: Black lives matter, not just in encounters with the police. Why is it, exactly, that African Americans' lives are less healthy, poorer, and shorter?...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Section 1557 of the ACA: The Legal Side of Health Equity

This week marks the end of National Minority Health Month and its 2016 theme of “Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation.” This month, the HHS Office of Minority Health’s goal was to “raise awareness of the health...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Health Care Discrimination Litigation Gets a New Set of Teeth under the ACA: 2015 Litigation Review and Preview of 2016

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Discrimination in health care was prohibited before the Affordable Care Act, but on a limited basis. Protected classes did not include sex; prohibitions excluded private physicians accepting Medicare Part B; and, most...more

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The Future of Healthcare Discrimination Litigation-Section 1557 of the ACA

This article was originally published by American Health Lawyers Association. Copyright 2015, American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, DC. Reprint permission granted. It is no secret that the Affordable Care Act...more

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