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Medicaid & the Law

Legal, regulatory and strategic advice regarding America's largest health insurance payer, and one of the most complicated and least understood areas of healthcare law.

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Partner Tom Barker Discusses Gov. Bakers Bipartisan Approach to Health Care Reform with WBUR
Blog September 08, 2017
Gov. Charlie Baker testified with four other governors on Capitol Hill in the latest sign that hes playing a role in the next phase of federal health care reform. Partner Tom Barker speaks with WBUR about Bakers proposal to change the way Massachusetts covers some low-income individuals, and how this could garner national attention. Click here to read the article…
Watch: Partner Tom Barker Speaks at POLITICO Live Event on Medicaid Innovation
Blog June 14, 2017
Partner Tom Barker joined POLITICOs Pro Health Care Briefing: Medicaid as a Driver of Care Innovation in the States on Tuesday to discuss how states are reshaping Medicaid to deliver more value to patients and taxpayers. Watch a video from the live event…
Partner Tom Barker Speaks to the Washington Post about What Could Happen to Sick People under Cheaper Health Plans
Blog April 07, 2017
If health plans become cheaper under Republican lawmakers, what happens to the individuals who are seriously ill? Partner Tom Barker discusses the proposed tweaks to the GOP health bill with the Washington Post. Click here to read the article…
Medicaid  The American Health Care Act
Blog March 09, 2017
It's official—the 115th Congress has set its sights on overhauling the Medicaid program.  We predicted as much (here and here) shortly after the November 2016 presidential elections,  but now we have some insight into exactly what those proposed changes to Medicaid will be. On March 6, 2017, the House Energy Commerce Committee (EC) and Ways Means Committee (WM) officially released draft legislation…

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About Our Blog

Foley Hoag has a unique team of healthcare lawyers and specialists with decades of experience in statutory and regulatory analysis, compliance, government investigations, litigation and corporate transactions. Most of our lawyers and healthcare policy specialists have had a direct hand in shaping virtually every healthcare law and regulation enacted over the past four decades, including:

  • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
  • The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
  • The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997
  • The Balanced Budget Act of 1997
  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
  • Budget reconciliation laws of the 1980s

Medicaid is also, by far, the largest health insurance payer in the United States and has even surpassed Medicare in terms of the number of enrollees. Medicaid is a crucial component in America’s health care system.


Our focus includes:

  • Medicaid coverage and reimbursement issues for innovative pharmaceutical products
  • Legal, regulatory and strategic advice for Medicaid mental health providers and payers
  • Medicaid waivers
  • State coverage of the Medicaid expansion population
  • State-specific Medicaid issues
  • Medicaid financing
  • Medicaid and long-term care

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