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Editor’s Note: In a new playbook, supported by Arnold Ventures, Manatt Health provides state policymakers and other stakeholders with legislative, regulatory, reimbursement and operational strategies to increase access to...more
Editor’s Note: An array of care gaps and structural barriers inhibits the U.S. primary healthcare system from fully meeting the needs of women across the life course. Recently, new models of technology-enabled primary...more
Editor’s Note: The U.S. primary healthcare system does not effectively meet women’s needs during the teen and young adult years and/or as they age and transition through later stages of life. In a new report prepared in...more
Editor’s Note: Over the past decade, both public and private payers have sought to develop payment policies that emphasize the value of the services provided instead of the quantity. These value-based purchasing (VBP)...more
Medicaid is the primary source of family planning coverage in the United States, accounting for 75 percent of total public expenditures for family planning services; Title X and state and local governments also play an...more
Under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) is permitted to waive certain federal Medicaid requirements to allow a state to undertake an experimental, pilot or demonstration...more
Issue 1 -
The Issue -
Medicaid is woven into the fabric of states’ health care systems and economies: it covers one in five Americans; is the single largest insurer in every state; and is the largest source of funding...more
With many states expanding Medicaid eligibility, individuals leaving jail or prison are now often able to enroll in health coverage upon release. It is increasingly clear, however, that coverage alone is insufficient to...more
On August 22, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) memorializing its long-standing budget neutrality policies requiring that waivers under Section 1115 of...more
In January 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to states as to the circumstances under which CMS would approve Section 1115 demonstration waivers making work/community engagement (CE)...more
Introduction -
The Trump administration (the Administration) has called for a reduction in drug spending. In May, the Administration released a “blueprint” to reduce drug prices that included proposals for cutting Medicaid...more
On June 7, 2018, Virginia joined 32 other states and the District of Columbia in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to adults with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). After rejecting...more
Bozeman, Mont. – According to two independent analyses released today, Montana’s 2015 bipartisan Medicaid legislation has saved more than $36 million in the state’s budget and helped more than 65,000 adults access preventive...more
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
To date, 32 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to adults with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL)—newly covering more than 12 million...more
The nation’s opioid epidemic claimed more than 42,000 lives in 2016, and more than 2 million people in the United States have an opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet only 1 in 5 people suffering from an OUD receive treatment. The...more
Medicaid’s Critical Role in Addressing the Opioid Crisis -
As the opioid crisis in the United States continues to deepen—with opioid overdoses claiming 42,000 lives in 2016—policymakers, providers, advocates and other...more
Medicaid has entered a period of volatile change, unprecedented in its 51-year history.
With 74 million members nationwide,1 Medicaid provides health coverage to more than one in four Americans, ensuring access to...more
Part 1: Megatrends Reinventing How Patients Think -
Editor’s Note: In a recent webinar for PharmaVOICE, Manatt Health revealed the megatrends reinventing the life sciences industry—and how they relate to new thinking by...more
As the opioid and mental health crises continue to gain national attention, local leaders are stepping up to implement programs to address the prevalence and impact of untreated serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use...more
Massachusetts Waiver Amendment Requests Partial Expansion and Closed Formulary -
On September 8, 2017, Massachusetts submitted a waiver amendment request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify its...more
The Senate is poised to vote today, July 25, 2017, on a motion to proceed (MTP) to debate on repealing and possibly replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The MTP allows the Senate to consider the House repeal and replace...more
Next steps regarding Congressional action on repeal and replace remain uncertain, with the President again supporting repeal coupled with replace, members attempting to bridge their differences over the Better Care...more
BCRA Implications: Affordability of Coverage -
In making the case for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the president and congressional leadership have cited “rising premiums,” “unaffordable...more