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The emergence of COVID-19 has heightened the need for public healthcare systems, social service agencies, and community-based organizations to work together on an effective, coordinated response. [...]

OAKLAND, CA, June 3, 2020 – As we face an unprecedented public health crisis and widespread anguish over police-involved violence, stemming from centuries of systematic and oppressive racial [...]

OAKLAND, CA, May 14, 2020 – The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) recognizes the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on our economy and the significant fiscal [...]

Whole Person Care (WPC) is a $3 billion Medicaid waiver program that improves care for people with complex health and social needs through the delivery of integrated medical care, behavioral [...]

Public health care systems applaud Congresswomen Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) and Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7), for introducing legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare [...]

OAKLAND, CA, January 31, 2020 – Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will begin implementation of the new public charge rule on February 24, 2020. This announcement [...]

OAKLAND, CA, January 27, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s injunction blocking the implementation of the public charge rule. Marking a significant and harmful departure [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]