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Kern, Tulare Counties Brace for Crisis Caused by Possible Medi-Cal Cuts

“It is gut-wrenching, infuriating, and deeply alarming” to consider what will happen if Medi-Cal cuts go through, said a Bakersfield doctor.

April 3, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Feature Story

In Riverside County, Potential Medi-Cal Cuts Distress Constituents, Health Leaders

Big reductions in Medi-Cal spending would devastate patients, providers, and the region’s economy, local health leaders say.

March 28, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Feature Story

Worried Orange County Families, Health Leaders Speak Out About Protecting Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal covers more than one million Orange County residents, including 44% of the county’s children and teens. Many are highly concerned and fearful about the potential impact of proposed federal cuts to Medicaid.

March 27, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Quick Read

CalAIM’s Trio of Housing Community Supports – Policy at a Glance

This fact sheet offers an overview of the three CalAIM Housing Community Supports.

March 20, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Quick Read

Understanding California’s Community-Connected Workforce

These resources examine three new Medi-Cal benefits: community health workers/promotores/representatives, doulas, and peer support specialists. Although these community-connected workforces share common approaches, each has distinct qualifications, supervision requirements, and covered services under Medi-Cal.

March 19, 2025

•Health Workforce

Expert Perspective

AI Tools Promise Better Care but Challenge Safety-Net Providers

Artificial intelligence is swiftly reshaping the health care landscape, but the impressive array of helpful new tools is not equally accessible to everyone.

March 13, 2025

•Technology and Innovation

Quick Read

Enhancing Financial Sustainability for Street Medicine: Examining Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts with California Providers

This issue brief provides a snapshot of contracting efforts between a sample of Medi-Cal managed care plans and street medicine providers. It examines the impact that those contracts are having on street medicine providers’ financial sustainability.

March 7, 2025

•Homelessness

Quick Read

Enhancing Financial Sustainability for Street Medicine: Examining Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts with California Providers

This issue brief provides a snapshot of contracting efforts between a sample of Medi-Cal managed care plans and street medicine providers. It examines the impact that those contracts are having on street medicine providers’ financial sustainability.

March 7, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Quick Read

Medi-Cal Waivers and State Plan Amendments

Two fact sheets and one short slide deck provide an overview of Medicaid waivers and State Plan Amendments, and how they are used in California.

March 6, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Data Insight

Poll Explores Californians’ Attitudes on Medi-Cal, Covered California, and Federal Cuts to Both

This February 2025 poll found strong support for Medi-Cal and little support for federal cuts to the program among Californians, even across party lines.

March 3, 2025

•Medi-Cal

Inside CHCF

CHCF Names Krysten Curtis as New Vice President of Finance and Administration

CHCF announced the appointment of Krysten Curtis, CPA, as its new vice president of finance and administration. Curtis — who brings extensive experience in nonprofit finance, foundation operations, and strategic leadership — joins CHCF on March 10, 2025.

February 28, 2025

California Has a Lot to Lose If Trump Slashes Medicaid

Enrollees, health advocates, and providers across the country have called the proposal a “five-alarm fire.”

February 28, 2025

Expert Perspective

Housing Developers Leverage CalAIM for People Experiencing Homelessness

A conversation with Carolina Reid of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

February 24, 2025

•Homelessness

Report

California Health Insurers, Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition

This California Health Care Almanac quick reference guide shows enrollment by regulator, market, and insurer. A companion data file contains California enrollment for 2012 to 2023.

February 24, 2025

•Facts and Data

Undocumented Californians Newly Eligible for Medi-Cal Share Their Experiences

This qualitative research study examined the experiences of previously ineligible adult undocumented immigrants as they navigated enrollment and began accessing health care services through Medi-Cal.

February 21, 2025

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Kern, Tulare Counties Brace for Crisis Caused by Possible Medi-Cal Cuts

In Riverside County, Potential Medi-Cal Cuts Distress Constituents, Health Leaders

Worried Orange County Families, Health Leaders Speak Out About Protecting Medi-Cal

CalAIM’s Trio of Housing Community Supports – Policy at a Glance

Understanding California’s Community-Connected Workforce

AI Tools Promise Better Care but Challenge Safety-Net Providers

Enhancing Financial Sustainability for Street Medicine: Examining Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts with California Providers

Enhancing Financial Sustainability for Street Medicine: Examining Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts with California Providers

Medi-Cal Waivers and State Plan Amendments

Poll Explores Californians’ Attitudes on Medi-Cal, Covered California, and Federal Cuts to Both

CHCF Names Krysten Curtis as New Vice President of Finance and Administration

California Has a Lot to Lose If Trump Slashes Medicaid

Housing Developers Leverage CalAIM for People Experiencing Homelessness

California Health Insurers, Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition

Undocumented Californians Newly Eligible for Medi-Cal Share Their Experiences

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