Monthly Archives: August 2010
SB 56 also passes!
| August 26, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Along with the two exchange bills, the legislature this week also passed SB 56 (Alquist), authorizing local initiative health plans, county organized health care systems, and county medical service programs to enter into joint ventures to offer coordinated health plans to the individual and group markets. The goal of the… more
Exchange Bills Pass the Legislature
| August 25, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Yesterday, SB 900 (Alquist & Steinberg) passed the Senate on a 22-13 vote and is off to the Governor for his signature or veto. AB 1602 (Preez), passed on a 21-13 roll call and returns to the Assembly for concurrence (should be a formality) and will then be on the… more
Exchange Bills: Update & Summaries
| August 24, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog, Insurance Exchange |
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With exactly one week until California’s bill deadline, the legislature has until Aug. 31st to pass SB 900 (Steinberg & Alquist) and AB 1602 (Perez), sister bills that would establish and set in motion the implementation of the California Health Benefit Exchange. As we outlined last week, SB 900 defines… more
California Legislation Establishes the Health Insurance Exchange
| August 24, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Summarizes AB 1602 (Perez) and SB 900 (Alquist and Steinberg) – state legislation that implements the California Health Benefits Exchange. more
New County-by-County Uninsured Estimates
| August 23, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has just released a 2-page Fact Sheet presenting county-by-county estimates of the number of California residents who have lost health insurance during the economic downturn. The new analysis finds that rates of uninsured increased on average by 5 percentage points from 2007 data.… more
California Lauches Telehealth Network!
| August 23, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Last Tuesday, Governor Schwarzenegger was joined by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to launch the California Telehealth Network, the nation’s largest telemedicine system. Housed in the newly built 52,000 sq. ft. facility at UC Davis, the network will use internet broadband to link patients and physicians to hundreds of… more
New Exchange Legislation in Print!
| August 20, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Update! The California legislature has just posted newly amended versions of the two bills that will create the California Health Benefits Exchange. The full texts of SB 900 (Steingberg & Alquist) and AB 1602 (Perez) are available now. The previous versions of the two bills were quite similar. Not anymore.… more
ITUP Talkin’ Reform and Small Business
| August 20, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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On Wednesday morning, Lucien and Ashley joined John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, for a live webinar that addressed what employers need to do to implement the health reform law within their businesses. The program featured timely information and a discussion on issues facing small- and medium-sized businesses as… more
California Requests Waiver Extension
| August 20, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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As you know, the state and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are currently negotiating the details of California’s proposal to extend our current §1115 waiver for an additional five years. Our current waiver expires on August 31 – in 11 days! Update! Yesterday, the state sent… more
Great New Medi-Cal Resource
| August 18, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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The CA Department of Health Care Services just launched a new service on the Medi-Cal Website that enables one to search All County Welfare Director’s Letters (ACWDLs) by subject matter! ACWDLs are letters from the state to the counties that provide information and direction on how new or changed policies… more
