Medicaid

Ten Years After: The ACA’s Success in Five Charts

Anne Sunderland

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Happy birthday to the landmark law that reshaped the American health care system.

America’s Head Count Begins

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Census data determines how many seats a state has in the US House of Representatives, shapes redistricting, and determines how federal funds are allocated.

US Supreme Court Agrees to Review Affordable Care Act — for the Third Time

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Health Care Costs

Stories That Caught Our Attention: If the health law is overturned, most Americans will be affected.

Sacramento Briefing Explores Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health in Medi-Cal

February 28, 2020

Catherine Teare

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

Hundreds of providers, administrators, government officials, consumers, and advocates learned how Medicaid programs can integrate behavioral health services and physical health care.

Paying for Value in Behavioral Health

Robert Belfort, Adam Striar

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

State Medicaid programs are actively pursuing models of behavioral health value-based purchasing. This paper reviews well-publicized initiatives in three state Medicaid programs that have adopted different types of behavioral health value-based purchasing models.

Making Behavioral Health Integration Work

Logan Kelly, Allison Hamblin

Behavioral Health

This paper synthesizes insights from organizational leaders representing Medicaid-based partnerships in four states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, and Oregon.

Public Charge Rule Could Erode Enrollment in Insurance Coverage

February 3, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: A Supreme Court ruling sets the stage for implementation of the public charge rule in California and across the nation.

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.

Inland Empire’s McNaughton Feels a ‘Sacred Calling’ to Connect People with Care

January 10, 2020

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

The Inland Empire Health Plan's new CEO is continuing the trailblazing path that Californians have come to expect from the large and influential managed care plan.

Reducing Mental Health Disparities with Community Support in Solano County

December 20, 2019

Heather Stringer

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

How a California county figured out how to ease access disparities in its Latino, Filipino, and LGBTQ communities.

Governor Names Sandra R. Hernández to Healthy California for All Commission

December 18, 2019

Today Governor Gavin Newsom appointed CHCF's Sandra R. Hernández to the Healthy California for All Commission. The Commission is charged with developing a plan to help California achieve a health care delivery system that provides coverage and access through a unified financing system, including — but not limited to — a single-payer financing system for all Californians.

Health Affairs’ Rural Health Issue Has Special Relevance to California

December 9, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

Behavioral Health, Maternal Health, Workforce

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Millions of Americans in rural areas face significant barriers to care and in almost every state are burdened with higher mortality rates than people in urban areas.