Medi-Cal Managed Care

Innovation Landscape: Maternity Care in Medi-Cal

Investing in Innovation, Maternal Health

This paper examines the opportunities for technology-enabled innovations to improve the value and quality of the maternity care that Medi-Cal delivers.

Data Show 2019 California Health Insurance Enrollment Struck a Balance

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal and individual market enrollment continued to decline but were offset by growth in employer-sponsored and Medicare plans.

Gilbert Shifts Gears As He Leads Medi-Cal Through COVID-19 Pandemic

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing, Workforce

It’s a huge job, and Bradley Gilbert brings a career’s worth of experience to it.

The State of Telehealth in Medi-Cal Managed Care

BluePath Health

Telehealth, Medi-Cal

Never have the benefits and importance of expanding access to telehealth been more evident than they are now, in the midst of a global pandemic from COVID-19. The potential of telehealth to help patients get the care they need when they need it is particularly great in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program.

Mental Health in California

Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto, Scott Graves

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care

This chartbook from the California Budget & Policy Center provides a detailed look at California's public mental health system, which serves more than a million California children, youth, and adults annually.

Public Support for Safety Net Remains Strong Despite Policy Threats

February 24, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Medi-Cal, Health Care Costs

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Why Medi-Cal is so important to Californians.

February 4, 2020

CIN Webinar — Value-Based Payment Readiness Assessment

February 4, 2020

This webinar recording provides an overview of Health Quality Partners' Managed Medi-Cal Value-Based Payment (VBP) Readiness Assessment.

Supporting the Nontraditional Workforce: Community Health Workers and Promotores

February 18, 2020

Workforce, Medi-Cal

More payers and providers are recognizing the essential role these workers play in supporting patients with complex medical and social needs.

Californians Want Action on Health Care Costs and Access to Mental Health Treatment

February 13, 2020

Kristof Stremikis

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Health Care Costs, Coverage Trends, Homelessness & Health Care

A new CHCF poll shows how Californians are experiencing the health care system and what they want policymakers to prioritize when fixing it.

CalAIM Behavioral Health Proposals

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

CalAIM: California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal is a multiyear initiative proposing broad delivery system, program, and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program. Read a summary of the proposals pertaining to behavioral health care.

Governor Newsom Appoints Bradley Gilbert to Lead Medi-Cal

February 10, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The former health plan CEO comes to Sacramento with deep experience in transforming large health care organizations.

Why a Shared Savings Program Is Critical to CalAIM

January 28, 2020

Anne Sunderland

Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing

Chris Perrone, CHCF’s director of Improving Access, explores California's rare opportunity to chart a new course for Medi-Cal for years to come.

How to Fulfill the Promise of Medi-Cal

January 22, 2020

Sandra R. Hernández

Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing, Behavioral Health

One of the most important steps California can take to live up to its social and economic potential is to improve the effectiveness of the enormously important Medi-Cal program.

February 18, 2020

Briefing: Behavioral Health Integration in Medi-Cal

Behavioral Health

February 18, 2020

Join this CHCF briefing to learn about efforts to integrate physical and behavioral health care in Medicaid programs across the country and within Medi-Cal in California.

Newsom Budget Proposal Signals Health Care Priorities

January 17, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Health Care Costs, Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Five key health care items in the governor's proposed budget tackle important problems, including homelessness, affordability, and behavioral health capacity.