5 Things California: Health policy movement, Food insecurity, CalAIM LTC benefit
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 9, 2022 | California
What They're Watching: Asm. Mia Bonta
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 8, 2022 | California
Medi-Cal beneficiaries likely to be guaranteed right to independent medical reviews
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 6, 2022 | California
Divided California Assembly approves bill prohibiting COVID-19 misinformation from providers
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 2, 2022 | California
Should California be able to govern the speech of medical professionals for the sake of preventing misinformation? Based on the Assembly’s recent passage of Assembly Bill 2098, the majority of the chamber’s representatives think it should. The legislation did, however, receive 20 “no” votes and has been the subject of
California Legislature advances controversial effort to restrict health sector consolidation
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 1, 2022 | California
A controversial push to restrict anti-competitive practices like consolidation in California’s health sector has cleared a major hurdle with its approval from the Assembly last week. Despite consistent disagreements over the bill’s provisions, the Assembly ultimately passed Assembly Bill 2080 with a 45-19 vote. It now needs to clear the
CalAIM’s LTC carve-in can help MCPs transition patients out of institutions, according to experts
Soraya Marashi | May 27, 2022 | California
CalAIM has the opportunity to improve the ability of managed care plans to transition or divert patients from institutions to lower levels of care, several experts said in a California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) webinar on CalAIM’s institutional long-term care carve-in and alignment of community supports. “[We are
Nearly half of California’s immigrant population impacted by food insecurity, according to policy brief
Soraya Marashi | May 24, 2022 | California
Exclusionary policies in California are exacerbating poverty and food insecurity for the state’s immigrant communities, including the undocumented, according to a recent policy brief authored by Nourish California and published by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The brief presents findings from data from the 2017-2020 California Health Interview
The 'most important nursing home bill in decades' nears passage in California
Eli Kirshbaum | May 23, 2022 | California
According to supporters of Assembly Bill 1502, a number of nursing home operators in California are running their facilities without proper licenses, and their unregulated practices are significantly undermining patient care. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), according to the bill, is allowing this to continue through lax oversight
Significant portion of primary care provided to Medi-Cal enrollees delivered at FQHCs, new CHCF report finds
Soraya Marashi | May 19, 2022 | California
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and related clinics, such as Look-Alikes (LALs) and Rural Health Centers (RHCs), provide a significant portion of primary care visits to Medi-Cal enrollees, according to a new report published by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). The report specifically found that FQHCs, LALs,