Past Events
Achieving Diversity in Clinical Trials: Expanding the Role of Community Hospitals
The inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in clinical trials has been a national priority for decades, but progress toward that goal has been limited. When the COVID-19 pandemic threw into stark relief the underlying inequities in health care access (and therefore in clinical trial access), Congress and the Administration were moved to action. In […]
Medicaid Coverage Opportunities for Justice-Involved Populations: CMS Guidance and States’ Approaches
Individuals leaving incarceration have disproportionately higher rates of physical and behavioral health diagnoses and are at higher risk for injury and death compared with people who have not been incarcerated. Race disparities in incarceration further exacerbate health inequities for people of color upon release. Justice-involved individuals often will be released into the community with no […]
False Claims Act 2023: What Every Health Care Entity Working with the Government Needs to Know
Tuesday, July 181:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. ET Of the $2.2 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments that the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported in fiscal year 2022, $1.7 billion related to matters involving the health care industry. That staggering number reflects only federal losses, with the DOJ recovering additional amounts for state Medicaid […]
Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper? Webinar Series – Missing Innovations
Useful innovations—particularly those that reduce costs—often fail to take root and spread in the health sector while others of sometimes dubious value proliferate. The first webinar in our innovation series will discuss why valuable innovations sometimes go missing in health care and what to do about it. Key topics include: The economics of innovation in […]
Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper? Webinar Series: Getting the Most from Transformative Technologies
From artificial intelligence to telemedicine to gene therapies, health care is experiencing a revolution in technology and innovation. But technology is not destiny. People choose when and how to use the new tools. The second webinar in our innovation series will discuss how to get the most out of transformative technological change in healthcare. Key […]
Delivering Care at Home: Challenges and Approaches to Success Webinar Series
Join Manatt for a New Webinar Series Guiding You Through the Complexities of Care at Home—and Sharing Best Practices for Effective Delivery. Health care is moving home. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), home care expenditures alone are expected to reach $201 billion by 2028, a 70% increase since 2020. From […]
The Path Forward After the Interoperability and Information Blocking Rules: Successes, Challenges and the Road Ahead
It has been two years since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office for the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) Final Rules on Interoperability and Information Blocking took effect. During that time, the United States has made tremendous progress on efforts to promote and increase patients’ access to their health […]
Impact of the End of the PHE on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
The federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) has dramatically transformed the landscape for opioid use disorder and other drug treatment in the United States. In the early months of the pandemic, the federal government used the PHE to give broad flexibility to states and providers to dispense with traditional restrictions on the use of […]
The Changing Landscape of Prior Authorization for Medicare
On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule—the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule—that introduces new requirements for health care payers aiming to enhance patient data sharing and streamline the prior authorization process. The rule would require certain payers to digitize their prior authorization process, shorten the timeline […]
Proposed Rules to Enhance Access and Quality for Medicaid HCBS and Strengthen the HCBS Workforce
On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules that, if finalized, would reshape Medicaid’s federal regulatory landscape in several ways, including with respect to home and community-based services (HCBS). The proposed rule most relevant for HCBS—titled Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services—includes measures to increase transparency, oversight and public engagement […]