Tag: Medi-Cal

Covered California November Board Meeting

December 6, 2016

On November 17, 2016, the Covered California Board convened its monthly Board meeting, the first since the presidential election. The Board agenda included expert panels to mark five years since Covered California was established, which were: “National and State Health Care Landscape…

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May 2016 Legislative Summary

May 24, 2016

Dozens of health care bills have been moving through the California Legislature in the second half of the 2015-16 legislative session. As of this writing, many of the bills are on temporary hold in the Suspense files of the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committee pending further…

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Marketplaces and Medicaid Enrollment: Highlights from The Commonwealth Fund's New Issue Brief

April 21, 2016

Last week The Commonwealth Fund published a new issue brief on the role of health insurance marketplaces in Medicaid enrollment. ITUP took a closer look, broke down some of the key takeaways, and outlined what's true for California. Background Under the ACA, states that have a…

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Reflections on the 6th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

March 23, 2016

Today we mark six years since passage of the landmark federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is an important opportunity to take time and acknowledge our collective efforts to embrace and fully implement the ACA and its coverage expansions. ACA implementation has essentially cut…

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ITUP Analysis and Summary of the §1115 Waiver Renewal

February 4, 2016

ITUP has prepared a six-part summary of California's Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver, which went into effect at the beginning of 2016. The new waiver aims to build off of the successes of the Bridge to Reform waiver, which expired at the end of 2015. The analysis is freely available…

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§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Global Payment Program (GPP)

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Before the Medi-Cal 2020 waiver, the federal/local financing of care for the uninsured was anachronistic. It incentivizes treating uninsured individuals at the hospital emergency room (the most expensive…

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§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) is an ambitious follow-up program to the successful Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool (DSRIP) for county, district, and University of California…

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Analysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Dental Transformation Initiative

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Under the Medi-Cal Dental program, dental services are provided to about 5.5 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries under the age of 20. The program aims to facilitate consistent and easy access to high quality dental…

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Medi-Cal 2020: ITUP's Analysis of California's New §1115 Waiver

February 1, 2016

Over the next couple of weeks, ITUP will be posting a number of papers analyzing the terms and conditions of the new §1115 waiver. These papers will look closely at the new requirements and their implications for the Medi-Cal program. Released Papers: Summary of the Terms and…

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Analysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Whole Person Care Pilots

February 1, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. As health care systems are focusing on providing more efficient, high quality care, systems around the country are moving towards more integrated patient care. The addition of the Whole Person Care Pilots…

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