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January 6, 2021
Meeting the Moment: Understanding EPSDT and Improving Implementation in California to Address Growing Mental Health Needs
Kimberly Lewis and Rachel Velcoff Hults Issue Brief, Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide
Children and youth across the country are facing an escalating mental health crisis. The events of 2020 have added new and complex stressors, exacerbating mental health challenges while also creating new barriers to accessing care. Unmet mental health needs have grave consequences for individuals, their families, and entire communities.…
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December 23, 2020
Access to Care Through California Children’s Services During COVID-19
Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, and Alexis Robles-Fradet Fact Sheet
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December 23, 2020
California Policy Needs During and After COVID: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention
Alicia Emanuel and Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has fundamentally altered how California’s Medi-Cal program is administered. At the start of the pandemic, the state worked swiftly to seek waivers and other flexibilities of federal Medicaid requirements and to implement these COVID-19 flexibilities, including significant changes intended to streamline Medi-Cal eligibility…
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December 17, 2020
Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Catherine McKee, and Liz McCaman Taylor Fact Sheet
The COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for Medicaid beneficiaries. Almost nine months into the pandemic, millions of people have accessed services via telehealth. However, the need and desire for telehealth will persist after the public health emergency…
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November 19, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Access to Medi-Cal Services
Abigail Coursolle and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of creativity and flexibility in delivering critical care when individuals are not able to receive health care services and supplies in person. During the Public Health Emergency (PHE), California has implemented various policy changes to ensure that Medi-Cal beneficiaries are receiving the…
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November 19, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Due Process
Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
Medi-Cal is a lifeline for Californians during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Among the many crucial benefits of Medi-Cal, beneficiaries have strong due process protections including the right to written notices, an appeal of denials, and a hearing. These protections ensure that beneficiaries have meaningful rights to challenge…
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Meeting the Moment: Understanding EPSDT and Improving Implementation in California to Address Growing Mental Health Needs

Access to Care Through California Children’s Services During COVID-19

California Policy Needs During and After COVID: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention

Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services Delivered via Telehealth

California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Access to Medi-Cal Services

California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Due Process