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OAKLAND, CA, January 10, 2020 – The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s FY 2020-2021 Budget proposal, which demonstrates his strong commitment to improving the Medi-Cal program, expanding health care coverage, and addressing homelessness. The Governor proposed $695 million to fund Medi-Cal Healthier California for All, a broad delivery system reform initiative that aims to

On November 18, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule, called the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (MFAR). This policy could dramatically cut funding for Medicaid programs across the country, hindering access to care and worsening health outcomes for millions of low-income Californians. The Medicaid program (called Medi-Cal in California) is a state-federal partnership, supported

For people in low-income communities, medical problems can be caused and worsened by factors related to poverty, such as poor nutrition, lack of safe and stable housing, incarceration, unemployment, and the chronic anxiety of income insecurity. These factors, coupled with a fragmented delivery system where services are provided in a siloed fashion and providers are unable to communicate regularly to

OAKLAND, CA, August 12, 2019 – The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) is gravely concerned with the Trump Administration’s release of the final public charge rule. Under the rule, some immigrants and their families who access public benefits in which they are legally entitled to receive, could face adverse consequences when applying to change their immigration

Oakland, CA, June 22, 2019 – President Trump announced plans to deport undocumented immigrants in 10 cities across the country, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, beginning this Sunday. Nationally, the proposed raids led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may target up to 2,000 individuals and family members with a focus on those facing deportation orders, including asylum

OAKLAND, CA, May 9, 2019 – The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s (FY 2019–2020) May Revision budget proposal, which reinforces his promise to expand health care coverage and affordability and responds to the social needs of our communities, particularly through housing support. However, we remain concerned over the proposal to restructure pharmacy

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

Today, CAPH/SNI released our latest latest brief, which demonstrates how California’s public health care systems have been leading efforts to evolve safety net payments from volume to value over the past 15 years. Since 2005, California has implemented three 1115 Medicaid waivers – the primary vehicle for payment and delivery system transformation. Each waiver has challenged public health care systems

Most nationally vetted clinical performance measures are provider-centric, based on billable in-person services, and unable to capture more patient-centered, flexible services such as visits with expanded care teams and virtual telehealth encounters. PRIME (Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal), part of California’s Medi-Cal 2020 waiver, provides pioneering and frontline contributions to the performance measurement landscape through its “Innovative Metrics.” PRIME, an