Modernizing Payment to California’s Community Health Centers

Health centers are crucial to California’s response to COVID-19. But the care they provide is still dictated by old payment rules that severely hamper health centers’ ability to care for patients during COVID-19 and, in some cases, keep their doors open. This collection focuses on how California can change the way it pays health centers to better serve patients and to create a more resilient foundation for primary care in Medi-Cal.