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February 24, 2023
Medi-Cal Dyadic Services Advocates and Consumer-Facing Factsheets
T. Nancy Lam Consumer Brochure, Fact Sheet, Toolkit
Effective January 1, 2023, Medi-Cal covers dyadic services for the entire family based on the Medicaid eligibility of a child (aged 0-20). To inform advocates and families this important new Medi-Cal benefit, NHeLP publishes a set of advocate-facing and consumer-facing factsheets on Medi-Cal Dyadic Services. Dyadic Services Factsheet (Consumers)…
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February 23, 2023
Issue Brief Series on California’s Reparations Task Force Newly Released Interim Report
Jasmine Young and Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
On September 30, 2020, the California Reparations Task Force was formed, which is the first of its kind in the nation. Its purpose is to study and develop reparation proposals for the California Legislature that would address its legacy of discriminatory policies against Black Californians. The Task Force's interim…
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February 16, 2023
U.S.C. Center for Health Journalism et al. v. Local Health Initiative, Los Angeles Superior Court
Litigation Team Cases
In this case, two Centers at the University of Southern California requested public records on provider performance from L.A. Care, the largest publicly operated Medicaid plan in the country. L.A. Care provided the records but heavily redacted them. Represented by NHeLP and USC's Gould School of Law, the Centers…
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February 9, 2023
Issue Brief: Tele Mental Health in California Schools
T. Nancy Lam Issue Brief
California children and youth are experiencing a mental health crisis, and ensuring that they have access to quality mental health care through different modalities and in various settings is critical. This issue brief summarizes recent telehealth and youth mental health policy development and discusses the survey result of the…
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February 1, 2023
CMS Establishes Guardrails for Section 1115 Demonstrations for Justice-Involved Individuals in California Waiver
Jennifer Lav Issue Brief
Since Medicaid’s inception, the program has not covered services for any adult who is an “inmate of a public institution,." However, CMS recently granted a first-of-its-kind section 1115 “reentry demonstration” in California, creating a temporary, limited carve-out to the "inmate exclusion." Under the terms of the demonstration, California will…
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January 25, 2023
Medi-Cal Delivery System Changes in 2023 and 2024
Abigail Coursolle Fact Sheet
Through the combination of the ongoing implementation of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program in California and California’s reprocurement of its contracts with commercial health care service plans to deliver services to people in Medi-Cal managed care, California is making major changes to the delivery of Medi-Cal…
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Medi-Cal Dyadic Services Advocates and Consumer-Facing Factsheets

Issue Brief Series on California’s Reparations Task Force Newly Released Interim Report

U.S.C. Center for Health Journalism et al. v. Local Health Initiative, Los Angeles Superior Court

Issue Brief: Tele Mental Health in California Schools

CMS Establishes Guardrails for Section 1115 Demonstrations for Justice-Involved Individuals in California Waiver

Medi-Cal Delivery System Changes in 2023 and 2024