Month: October 2018

Smart Care California released its third annual C-Section Honor Roll, which recognizes hospitals in the state that have met or surpassed a federal target aiming at reducing births via Cesarean section (C-section) in first-time mothers with low-risk pregnancies. Across the state, 122 hospitals were recognized that represent more than half of all hospitals that offer maternity services in California. Seventeen

Erica Murray, CEO and President of the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Centers describes the impact of the proposed public charge rule in a recent story on KQED, Immigrants Using Public Benefits Could Be Denied Green Cards Under New Proposal. The draft public charge rule, released on October 10th by the Trump Administration,would make it more difficult for immigrants to get green

Trump Administration Formally Issues Proposed Public Charge Rule Threatening the Health and Well-Being of Families and Communities OAKLAND, CA, October 10, 2018 – The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) opposes the proposed public charge rule formally released today by the Trump Administration. Under the proposed rule, immigrants and their families who are legally entitled to receive

Like so many areas across California, Alameda County is facing a housing crisis, which has left thousands of individuals homeless across the county. Many of these individuals are living on the streets, in vehicles, encampments, emergency shelters, or transitional housing. To help address this crisis, Alameda County has implemented a pilot program called Whole Person Care (WPC). WPC is a pilot

In the past three years of the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program, California’s public health care systems have been making the improvements necessary to their systems’ data infrastructures to meet the program’s reporting requirements. “We haven’t just been reporting, we’ve been expanding collaboration, improving standardization, enhancing data integrity, and building our capacity to provide better health

September 30th marked the deadline for the Governor to sign or veto bills for the 2018 state legislative session. CAPH monitored the health-care related bills very closely, and engaged in a number of bills that would have impacted  public health care systems. Below is a summary of key health care-related legislation relevant to public health care systems. SB 1152 (Hernandez)

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and features broad ethnic diversity with more than half of the population identifying as Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or African-American. About 4% of San Diegans identify as part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community. UC San Diego Health provides about 650,000 outpatient visits each year across its clinics, and

Disparities Reduction Projects across the Public Health Care Systems By June of 2017, public health care systems participating in PRIME (Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal) had collected granular Race, Ethnicity, and Language (REAL) data for more than 460,000 patients – an increase of nearly 200,000 over the baseline established in the first year of the program. Public health