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August 17, 2018
Pending Catholic Hospital Mergers Threaten Health Care Access in California Communities
Hayley Penan california, Homepage, Uncategorized
Amidst a slew of recent hospital system acquisitions and consolidations, Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) are seeking to merge into one colossal system. If approved, they would be the largest non-profit hospital system in the country. Dignity Health has 39 hospitals, in California, Arizona, and Nevada, and…
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August 1, 2018
Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Humane Immigration Policies
Priscilla Huang california, Homepage, Uncategorized
More than one in four California residents (27 percent) are immigrants, and more than 4.6 million Californians share a household with at least one undocumented family member. Thus, changes in immigration enforcement policies have significant public health impacts on Californians. California has recently enacted several laws (AB 450, AB 103 and SB…
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June 22, 2018
California Pride: Medi-Cal Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care Has Come a Long Way
Abigail Coursolle california, Health Equity, Uncategorized
We celebrate LGBTQ pride this month. In California a point of pride is the state's long-standing coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender and non-binary Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The road to coverage has had several bumps, and there are still instances where people are not able to get the treatments they…
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June 5, 2018
Network Adequacy for Behavioral Health Services in Medicaid Managed Care
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Abigail Coursolle california, Delivery System Reform, Uncategorized
Has your state set network adequacy standards for behavioral health services offered by Medicaid Managed Care plans yet? If not, now is the time to work with your state to develop strong standards. On July 1, federal regulations will require states to ensure that their Medicaid Managed Care plans…
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May 31, 2018
Despite Trump’s Health Care Sabotage, California is Fighting to Protect Access to Essential Health Benefits
Héctor Hernández-Delgado california, Uncategorized
The Trump administration issued the Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters Final Rule for 2019 (HHS 2019 Final Rule), which introduced several changes to the way states define individual and small-group market coverage of the ten Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The HHS 2019…
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April 4, 2018
The Ongoing Struggle to Ensure Dental Care Access for Low-Income Californians
Hayley Penan california, Uncategorized
California lawmakers appear to be realizing that cutting dental care services out of its Medicaid program was not only unwise, but has exacerbated health care problems for the state's most underserved individuals and communities – people who struggle to make ends meet on low-incomes and African Americans who have…
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Pending Catholic Hospital Mergers Threaten Health Care Access in California Communities

Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes Through Humane Immigration Policies

California Pride: Medi-Cal Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care Has Come a Long Way

Network Adequacy for Behavioral Health Services in Medicaid Managed Care

Despite Trump’s Health Care Sabotage, California is Fighting to Protect Access to Essential Health Benefits

The Ongoing Struggle to Ensure Dental Care Access for Low-Income Californians