Month: April 2019

For many people in low-income communities, health problems can be caused and exacerbated by a range of factors related to poverty, which may include poor nutrition, lack of safe and stable housing, incarceration, unemployment, and the chronic anxiety of income insecurity. Whole Person Care (WPC), a pilot program by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), attempts to bridge

State Leaders Sign Letter to California Congressional Members Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments support safety net hospitals, including public health care systems, providing over $1.2 billion in California. These payments play a central role in public health care systems’ ability to provide care for the remaining uninsured. Medicaid DSH has allowed public health care systems to shift care