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Listening to the Frontlines: Kaiser Permanente’s Lessons on Integrating Doulas for Medi-Cal
Kaiser Permanente’s experience with California’s doula benefit reveals the importance of listening to the people closest to the work.
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How AI-Powered Outreach Is Helping Californians Keep Their Medi-Cal Coverage
Careforce artificial intelligence technology enables Kern Family Health Care to facilitate renewal of thousands of enrollees at risk of losing coverage.
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Medi-Cal Reentry Services Enhance Health Care Access After Release From Jails or Prisons
Pre-release services provided by Medi-Cal are helping Californians exiting jail or prison get the health care, housing, and support they need.
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In San Diego, a Haven for East African Refugees Builds a Healthier Community
UWEAST supports East African refugees through culturally competent mental health care, youth mentorship, and a trusted space for healing.
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Community Health Workers Improve Mental Health Access for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Culturally concordant peers build trust and expand mental health opportunities for California’s growing AANHPI population.
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How Three Community Health Centers Are Closing Gaps in Care for Black Californians
Culturally responsive care is easing health care disparities in Black communities. Meet some of the health centers leading the way.
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Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax
LA County’s June ballot includes a half-cent sales tax that could generate $1 billion a year to protect community clinics from Medi-Cal cuts.
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Tracking Progress on DHCS’s Bold Goals: What We’re Seeing and What Comes Next
As DHCS continues the work, CIN partners and health and community organizations across California have a clear role to play: Use data intentionally, invest in equity-driven practice changes, deepen partnerships with community organizations, and bring lessons back to the network…
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Street Medicine Team’s Behavioral Health Care Builds Trust with Inland Empire’s Unhoused Residents
Long-acting injectables and other medications offer lifelines to patients with substance-use disorder and mental health challenges
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Rural Hospital System Cuts Readmissions, Changes Lives With Enhanced Care Management
Going beyond clinic walls to coordinate care proves vital for Medi-Cal enrollees with complex care needs, including homelessness.
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Small Practices, Big Promise
How independently owned primary care practices in LA County can help move California closer to equitable care.
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Community Health Centers Expand Focus on Older Adults to Meet Growing Demand
California’s health centers are figuring out smart ways to keep caring for people even after they reach Medicare age.
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Sustaining California’s Health Workforce through Trauma-Informed Organizations
Without a trauma-informed approach, health organizations risk perpetuating harm, eroding organizational culture and trust, and losing the very workforce necessary to advance access to quality care.
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Patients Say Yes to Artificial Intelligence — if Doctors Stay in Charge
Clear explanations, easy opt-outs, and enhanced access to culturally sensitive care make AI tools feel trustworthy and useful
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Midwives Help Fill Maternity Care Gaps as California Faces OB-GYN Shortage
Patients’ access to birthing services would improve if numerous obstacles to midwives’ efforts were removed.
