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  • Teacher and young student talk to a doctor via a telehealth visit
    Expert Perspective

    Hazel Health: Connecting K-12 Students to Health Care

    This start-up company provides virtual health care in school settings so students can stay healthy, learn, and reach their full potential.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Project

    Bridging the Gap: Aligning Supportive Housing and Health Care Under CalAIM

    A group of affordable housing developers meets regularly to learn how to access CalAIM Community Supports to help their tenants remain successfully housed.

    •Homelessness
  • Tool

    Maternity Workforce Insights

    This series of conversations takes a look at the critical roles of doulas, lactation professionals, mental health professionals, and midwives.

    •Maternal Health
  • Midwife measures patient during an office visit.
    Quick Read

    Midwives Speak: Integration Challenges in California’s Health System

    Midwives provide comprehensive health services during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum, including as the primary birth attendant. This issue brief describes the scope of practice and integration of midwives in California; their relationships with physicians, hospitals, and health plans; and their…

    •Maternal Health
  • Kimberly Seals Allers
    Expert Perspective

    Shifting the Narrative About Black Birthing Experiences

    A conversation with birth equity advocate Kimberly Seals Allers about improving maternity care for Black women and birthing people.

    •Maternal Health
  • Tool

    Listening to Community Voices: A Health Plan’s Approach to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternity Care

    Through a structured process with providers, health plan members, and CBOs, Molina Healthcare identified three lessons that might help other organizations collaborating with communities on reducing racial disparities in maternal health care.

    •Maternal Health
  • External Resource

    Birthing Care Pathway

    The California Department of Health Care Service’s Birthing Care Pathway represents a multi-year, comprehensive approach to improving maternity care in Medi-Cal, which covers 40% of births statewide.

  • Woman's hands clenched together while waiting for medical care
    Expert Perspective

    Reforming Prior Authorization in California

    How automation and other solutions could reduce delays, improve patient outcomes, and make care more affordable.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Photos of landscapes in central coast, southern, northern, and central vally of California
    Report

    CalAIM Experiences: Implementer Views by Region in Year Three of Reforms

    These five reports are drawn from a statewide survey conducted in summer 2024. They show how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding across five California regions: Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Valley, Northern California, and Southern California.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Doula and client
    Report

    What Is a Doula? — Policy at a Glance

    Doulas improve birth outcomes and advance health equity, especially for families of color. California covers doula care for Medi-Cal enrollees, but opportunities remain to further expand access to doulas.

    •Maternal Health
  • Employee of a shelter talkss to man experiencing homelessness, discussing support for health care and finding housing.
    Expert Perspective

    Pair Team: A Business Model That Closes Care Gaps for People Experiencing Homelessness

    The digital health startup serves people with complex needs by meeting them at clinics, out in the community, or virtually — and then connects them to needed health care and social services.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Patient and doctor laughing together diting a clinic visit
    Quick Read

    Provider Network Alignment: A Critical Factor for Success in Medicare Medi-Cal Plans – Policy at a Glance

    These “EAE D-SNP” plans will be more appealing to dually eligible enrollees if they can access the health care providers they know. This quick read shows strategies in developing optimal provider networks.

    •Older Adults
  • Doctor listens to patient's breathing.
    Report

    Building Provider Networks for Enrollees in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal

    Learn about the importance of provider networks in attracting new members to Medicare Medi-Cal Plans (also known as “EAE D-SNPs”). These new plans aim to make it easier for people to get the care and services they need while improving…

    •Older Adults
  • Expert Perspective

    Health Policy Changes: What to Watch for in 2025

    The Trump administration and the 119th Congress are expected to pursue significant policy changes that could affect the health of every American.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Collage of health care worker, waiter, farm-worker, and retail salesperson
    Data Insight

    Do Medi-Cal Enrollees Work? — Policy at a Glance

    Medi-Cal covers many Californians, including workers who can’t get affordable coverage at their jobs, people with disabilities and seniors who need help paying for what Medicare doesn’t cover, including nursing home care. In total, Medi-Cal covers 14.9 million people, more…

    •Medi-Cal