Governor Newsom, Legislative Leaders Announce Framework to Extend Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, Protecting Workers and Supporting Businesses Amid COVID Surge
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom | Jan 27, 2022 | California
Health equity in California must start with health data
Mimi Hall | Jan 27, 2022 | California
Topical Agenda for the 2022 Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference is now available!
Kaylor Erickson | Jan 26, 2022 | California
5 Things California: Newsom's budget, Health committee meetings, DHCS BH assessment
Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 20, 2022 | California
New DHCS behavioral health assessment identifies disparities, stakeholders give recommendations to improve services
Soraya Marashi | Jan 20, 2022 | California
On Jan. 10, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in collaboration with its stakeholders, published an updated statewide behavioral health assessment for 2022, titled “Assessing the Continuum of Care for Behavioral Health Services in California.” The assessment presents an analysis of data gathered from surveys and
Assembly Health Committee passes bills on Rx prices, substance abuse treatment, and nursing facilities
Soraya Marashi | Jan 19, 2022 | California
On Jan. 11, the California Assembly Health Committee had their first meeting of the 2022 session and discussed a number of bills, many of which moved out of the health committee and into Appropriations. Below are some highlights from the committee’s discussion on some of this legislation. Assembly
Newsom’s budget prioritizes CalAIM and behavioral health, organizations have mixed responses
Soraya Marashi | Jan 19, 2022 | California
On Jan. 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023, proposing a total of $217.5 billion for all health and human services programs. This includes $93.5 billion in general funds, 52.4% of which is allocated to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to support
What They're Watching: Kristof Stremikis, California Health Care Foundation
Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 18, 2022 | California
For Kristof Stremikis, director of market analysis and insight at California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), lowering the cost of health care is top-of-mind heading into 2022. The increasing costs of health services, he said, are causing many Californians to defer their care—which is likely to have damaging impacts on the
What They’re Saying: Health, State and Local Leaders Praise Governor’s $2.7 Billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom | Jan 13, 2022 | California
Health advocates, state and local officials and other California leaders are expressing their support for Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package – including a $1.4 billion emergency appropriation request – to bolster testing capacity, accelerate vaccination and booster efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care system and
5 Things California: Q&A w/ Asm. Nazarian, Medi-Cal Rx, NorCal registration
Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 6, 2022 | California
CMS approved California's 1115 waiver late last month, officially allowing the state to pursue its CalAIM program to reform Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal Rx is one of the initiatives that went live on Jan. 1, and below we feature input from several pharmacists in the state about their experience so far using the new fee-for-service