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ITUP Legislative Toolkit -In Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
June 21, 2024
Shirley Lam, MPH, ITUP’s Assistant Director of Policy, delivered a comprehensive overview of the IHSS program. Find her presentation here!
Read MoreHospital Data – OSHPD 2014
April 6, 2016
Below are detailed excel sheets of the 2014 Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) hospital utilization and financial data. As 2014 marks the start of ACA implementation, the data is a good measure of the changes that took place as a result of the law. Hospitals were analyzed by region, as well as by type. […]
Read MoreReflections 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 in half the number of uninsured Californians. More than 13 million […]
Read More2015 Workgroup Summaries
March 8, 2016
ITUP conducts a series of regional and statewide issue workgroups every year and provides executive summaries of all proceedings. These summaries provide an overview of the main topics of discussion, ranging from local enrollment success and challenges, local reform initiatives, and developing issues that stakeholders are grappling with. Regional Workgroups North Central Regional Workgroup Executive […]
Read MoreOpportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act
February 16, 2016
ITUP’s report, Opportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, is now available. California has made great progress implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with 6 million people newly enrolled in either Medi-Cal or Covered California since December 2013. The state strives to improve the quality, outcomes and effectiveness of care and […]
Read MoreCovered California: Consumers Still Have Through Feb. 6 to Finish Their Applications
February 5, 2016
From Covered California’s website: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With three days left for consumers to finish their applications for affordable, quality health care coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Covered California announced that more than 425,000 consumers had made plan selections during its third open-enrollment period. “In the last four days of open […]
Read MoreTransforming Drug Medi-Cal: Key Considerations for a Waiver Amendment
June 2, 2014
California’s expanded Medi-Cal program and expanded Substance Use Disorder (SUD) benefit provides an opportunity for beneficiaries to access improved services through the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) program. In California, 1.9 million individuals are newly enrolled in Medi-Cal in 2014, [1] and an anticipated 147,000 to 195,000 of these individuals are in need of SUD treatment. [2] […]
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