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
As part of an effort to address hypertension and improve blood pressure control among its target disparity population, San Francisco Health Network is piloting “Food Pharmacies” at several primary care clinics to help patients with their nutritional needs. This effort is part of the Hypertension Health Equity Project, which began in 2015, as a quality improvement and equity initiative of
Complex care management for high-risk medical populations is a core component of the Public Hospitals Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program. To address a disproportionate share of resources spent on the top 1% of beneficiaries, San Joaquin General Hospital (SJGH) implemented a new PRIME program to better care for high-risk patients, relying on data and analytics for patient identification and care coordinators
Medi-Cal: Improving Health through Efficient Care The Medi-Cal program provides access to needed care for more than 13 million Californians. Prior to the ACA, many low income Californians lacked coverage, causing them to delay care until their health needs advanced, grew more complicated, and required costly emergency care. With the peace of mind of Medi-Cal coverage, millions of patients have