Michael S. Kolber is an Associate in the New York office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. With a health law background in both government and private practice, Mr. Kolber advises health insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, state and federal agencies, technology vendors, and others on implementation of health coverage issues, especially the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare managed care, and employee benefits. He provides legal and policy advice, with particular focus on risk adjustment and related premium stabilization programs for health insurers under the ACA.
Prior to joining Manatt, Mr. Kolber was an attorney in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office of the General Counsel and served as a law clerk to Judge Amalya L. Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Kolber received his B.A. from Yale University and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
He is a co-author of the Bloomberg BNA Health Law & Business Portfolio Series No. 2350, Affordable Care Act Implementation: Regulations, Models and Implications.