Expanding access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in hospitals is critical, given how often patients have a secondary diagnosis of opioid use disorder. This paper describes how MAT is reimbursed in acute inpatient settings and addresses three areas for payment.

This issue brief explores trends in key data on the affordability of health coverage in California, to highlight both progress and remaining challenges to affordability on the state’s individual market under the ACA.

Employer-based coverage is the leading source of health insurance in California as well as nationally. California Employer Health Benefits: Fewer Covered, More Cost presents data compiled from the 2012 California Employer Health Benefits Survey, providing a snapshot of the employer-based coverage landscape in the lead-up to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014.

Employer-based coverage is the leading source of health insurance for Californians. This Almanac report, California Employer Health Benefits: Workers Feel the Pinch, presents data compiled from the 2013 California Employer Health Benefits Survey, providing an overview of the landscape in the lead-up to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014.

The majority of Californians rely on their employers for health insurance. But the percentage of employers offering coverage continues to decline in California, and many covered workers are seeing reduced benefits and increased cost sharing. This Almanac report, California Employer Health Benefits: Rising Costs, Shrinking Coverage, presents data compiled from the 2014 California Employer Health Benefits Survey.

The majority of Californians rely on their employers for health insurance, but the percentage of employers offering coverage has declined since 1999. At the same time, 27% of firms reported reducing benefits or increasing cost sharing. California Employer Health Benefits: Workers Pay the Price presents data compiled from the 2015 California Health Benefits Survey.