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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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November 10, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health
Amy Chen Issue Brief
COVID-19 has changed the landscape for reproductive and sexual health care services, delivery, and access. As has been the case across the board, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare racial and socioeconomic inequities, and in many cases exacerbated them. At the same time, the challenges raised by the pandemic…
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November 4, 2020
California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban Issue Brief
Although California’s existing policies already enabled the use of telehealth among Medi-Cal beneficiaries, the state (along with the federal government) instituted various flexibilities during the PHE in order to expand telehealth access. This issue brief describes what flexibilities should or should not remain after the pandemic and what other…
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May 21, 2020
Building A Successful Program for Medi-Cal Coverage For Doula Care: Findings From A Survey of Doulas in California
Amy Chen and Alexis Robles-Fradet Guide
The National Health Law Program’s Doula Medicaid Project seeks to improve health outcomes for pregnant Medicaid enrollees by ensuring that all pregnant individuals enrolled in Medicaid who want access to a doula will have one. As part of this project, the National Health Law Program is proud to publish…
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June 16, 2019
Medi-Cal Managed Care Toolkit for Accessing Family Planning Services and Abortion Care
Amy Chen Toolkit
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is a cornerstone of reproductive and sexual health in the state. Under federal law, all states must cover certain low-income people, including pregnant women and very low-income parents. In the 37 states like California that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, most previously…
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California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Access to Medi-Cal Services

California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Due Process

California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Reproductive and Sexual Health

California Policy Needs During COVID and Beyond: Telehealth

Building A Successful Program for Medi-Cal Coverage For Doula Care: Findings From A Survey of Doulas in California

Medi-Cal Managed Care Toolkit for Accessing Family Planning Services and Abortion Care