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Advancing Latino/x Health Equity

The California Health Care Foundation is focused on advancing policies and practices that will improve timely access to high-quality primary, specialty, and mental health care for Latino/x Californians and eliminate avoidable differences in health outcomes.

May 30, 2022

•Health Equity

Despite Documented Status, Many California Immigrants Have Negative Perceptions or Experiences of Public Charge Policy

May 27, 2022

External Resource

DHCS: Keeping Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Covered

May 27, 2022

Report

Improving Behavioral Health Systems Through Operational Integration: Efforts in San Mateo County

In San Mateo County, the Medi-Cal managed care plan and the behavioral health plan are working together to streamline operational functions to better manage resources and improve member care.

May 26, 2022

•Behavioral Health

Report

Improving and Expanding Programs to Support a Diverse Health Care Workforce

CHCF commissioned the Urban Institute to conduct a national study of health care pathway programs to examine the persistent barriers and challenges facing aspiring doctors and nurses from systemically and structurally excluded groups. The study draws from interviews and focus…

May 26, 2022

•Health Workforce

Case Study

Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

Contingency management is an effective treatment for people trying to reduce or stop their use of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. California’s Department of Health Care Services will soon launch a pilot program offering contingency management to Medi-Cal enrollees in…

May 24, 2022

•Behavioral Health

Report

Launching CalAIM: 10 Observations About Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports So Far

This brief shares 10 observations from the first months of ECM and Community Supports implementation, some opportunities related to promising practices, and what to watch in the coming months as CalAIM implementation moves forward.

May 24, 2022

•Medi-Cal

Feature Story

Health Insurance Can Now Help Some Californians Find Housing

An experimental new plan offers housing help through the Medi-Cal program.

May 23, 2022

•Health Insurance Coverage

Feature Story

The Prognosis for Telehealth

The future of primary care could be a hybrid model of in-person and telehealth care, including both phone and video visits.

May 23, 2022

•Primary Care

Report

State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020

This analysis of the 2020 California Health Insurance Survey shows that Californians were largely protected from experiencing a major erosion in their ability to pay for health insurance and care during the first year of the pandemic.

May 18, 2022

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Report

What Portion of Medi-Cal Primary Care Visits Are Provided by Health Centers?

This analysis finds that Federally Qualified Health Centers and related health centers provided 44% of all primary care visits to Medi-Cal enrollees from October 2017 to December 2019.

May 17, 2022

•Primary Care

Report

Health Insurance and Health Care Affordability Perceptions Among Individual Insurance Market Enrollees in California in 2021

This 2021 survey sought to better understand if Californians purchasing their health insurance on the individual market perceived their coverage to be affordable.

May 17, 2022

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Feature Story

California Spent Millions to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates of Medi-Cal Members — But They Lag Even More

Gaps in COVID-19 vaccination rates among the state’s Medi-Cal population persist. Five Medi-Cal plans still have vaccination rates under 50%.

May 13, 2022

•Health Equity

Feature Story

Frontline Nurses Are Burning Out. This Digital Health Start-Up Is Trying to Change That

Laudio aims to help managers reduce high turnover rates among nurses and other frontline health care workers — a longstanding problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 11, 2022

•Health Workforce

Quick Read

Medi-Cal Explained: What Are Alternative Payment Models?

This issue brief explores how Medi-Cal has been developing alternative payment models to align with federal initiatives and state financial and policy goals. It looks at the benefits of these models and barriers to their adoption.

May 9, 2022

•Medi-Cal

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Advancing Latino/x Health Equity

Despite Documented Status, Many California Immigrants Have Negative Perceptions or Experiences of Public Charge Policy

DHCS: Keeping Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Covered

Improving Behavioral Health Systems Through Operational Integration: Efforts in San Mateo County

Improving and Expanding Programs to Support a Diverse Health Care Workforce

Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

Launching CalAIM: 10 Observations About Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports So Far

Health Insurance Can Now Help Some Californians Find Housing

The Prognosis for Telehealth

State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020

What Portion of Medi-Cal Primary Care Visits Are Provided by Health Centers?

Health Insurance and Health Care Affordability Perceptions Among Individual Insurance Market Enrollees in California in 2021

California Spent Millions to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates of Medi-Cal Members — But They Lag Even More

Frontline Nurses Are Burning Out. This Digital Health Start-Up Is Trying to Change That

Medi-Cal Explained: What Are Alternative Payment Models?

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