This is the last California “5 Things” newsletter of 2021. What a year it has been—everyone inside and outside of the health policy space faced numerous challenges this year as the pandemic continued to disrupt “normal” life. From our team to you, thank you for all of the work you do to keep your community … Read more
At West County Health Centers (WCHC), the use of video telehealth visits, compared to audio-only, rose from 15% to 50% during the pandemic, which the organization’s CEO Dr. Jason Cunningham said is largely because the facility made it a requirement for patients to use video during telehealth visits. Cunningham described his facilities’ success during a … Read more
Telehealth use in California’s safety net hospitals increased from 4% before the pandemic to 55-75% post-pandemic, according to Natasha Arora, evaluation and learning associate at the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF)’s Center for Community Health and Evaluation. Through its Connected Care Accelerator Innovation Learning Collaborative (CCA ILC), CHCF gathered clinical utilization data from 23 state … Read more
In an analysis of stakeholder comments on the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)’s Medi-Cal Managed Care Draft RFP, the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) found one of the most prominent themes to be a lack of completeness and clarity. CHCF invited stakeholders to share the comments they submitted to DHCS during the state’s … Read more