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Emerging Opportunities for State-Based Marketplaces (SBMs)

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces have nearly tripled their enrollment in their first decade of operation, from eight million people in 2014 to 21.4 million in 2024. At the national level, the ACA has helped cut the...more

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North Carolina Expands Medicaid

On December 1, 2023, North Carolina will become the 40th state to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), extending Medicaid eligibility to more than 600,000 adults with incomes up to 138% of the...more

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In Pursuit of Whole-Person Health: An Update on DOH Initiatives in Medicaid Managed Care Contracts

Editor’s Note: There is mounting evidence that addressing the social and economic factors that drive the majority of health outcomes, often called social drivers of health (DOH), can improve health, promote health equity and...more

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Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Mississippi

I. Introduction - Since 2014, states have had the option to expand Medicaid eligibility to most adults with incomes under 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL; approximately $30,300 in annual earnings for a family...more

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COVID-19: Resources for Oncology Providers (Medicaid, Grants, & Stark Law Waivers)

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other Federal and State agencies and...more

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HHS Issues Advisory Opinion on PREP Act: Immunity May Extend Beyond Actual Covered Persons and Approved Countermeasures

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With crisis comes uncertainty, and even the best-intentioned regulations can leave those combating the current COVID-19 public-health emergency out in the cold.  Many have asked whether the recent Declaration under the...more

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CMS Announces New Priorities for Facility Surveys and Inspections

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In light of findings from the COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will suspend all routine facility inspections and surveys...more

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Is the Affordable Care Act a House of Cards? If Yes, What Does the Recent Texas Court Decision Mean for the US Health Insurance...

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In an unexpectedly broad ruling issued December 14, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) as unconstitutional in its entirety. This decision, if ultimately...more

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Voters nationwide sent a powerful health care message. Will partisans heed it?

Last week’s election leaves two questions lingering about health care: Will politicians really hear what voters said? And, what help might beleaguered patients now expect from their elected officials?...more

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Summer’s discontent: Evidence defies partisans on ACA, Medicaid expansion

The evidence accumulates that partisans’ persistent attacks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid run counter to their constituents’ needs and wishes, but will Republicans course-correct or will voters soon force them to?...more

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Virginia expands Medicaid coverage, as Obamacare foes lose another state

Hundreds of thousands of poor, middle-class, old, sick, and young Virginians will get increased access to health care as the Commonwealth, joining 33 states and the District of Columbia, saw the crumbling of five years of...more

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Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap - January 2017 #2

National News and Reports - Governors Voice Support for Maintaining the Medicaid Expansion - Democratic Governors, joined by some of their Republican colleagues, are actively making the case to Congress for...more

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Repeal of ACA Medicaid Expansion: Critical Questions for States

Much of the post-election debate over the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the fate of the Marketplaces, the mandate, and popular insurance reforms such as the ban on preexisting conditions....more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - December 2016 #2

Congressional Republicans ask states for guidance on new healthcare legislation while insurers and providers urge caution; new reports find ACA repeal would increase uninsurance rates and cut billions of dollars in funding to...more

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Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap - October 2016

National News - Medicaid Expansion Is Associated With Improved Hospital Finances, Study Finds - Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states saw “significantly increased” Medicaid revenue, decreased uncompensated care...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - November 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

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

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

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

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

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Washington Healthcare Update

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Bicameral Bill Introduced to Provide HHS Authority to Reject Proposed Insurance Rates - Before Congress left for its Columbus Day recess, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Health...more

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Health Care Update - October 2015

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Cuts in Mandatory Entitlement Programs Center of Budget Negotiations: As budget negotiators from both sides of the Hill come together to work out a two-year budget deal, determining how sequestration relief will be paid for...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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On Oct. 8, the House Republican caucus did not select a candidate for Speaker of the House and selection has been delayed. The current Speaker, John Boehner (R-OH), had announced that he would step down and retire from...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - October 2015

Congress passes a bill to give states greater flexibility in defining “small businesses”; South Dakota seeks to offset Medicaid expansion costs in part with increased use of the fully federally-funded Indian Health Service;...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Congress Avoids a Government Shutdown... House and Senate Approves Measure to Expand the Affordable Care (ACA) Act Small Group Market to 100 Employees...Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurers to Receive Only...more

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #5

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

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Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #4

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

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