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Supervisor Lawson-Remer to ask colleagues for $1 million to study whether more can be done to improve reimbursements

California is modernizing how it pays health care providers through Medi-Cal. Some mental health providers say the changes endanger their services. Story from @CalMatters.

Kerry Venegas struggles to sleep these days, worrying about the 55 children who will lose services once her Humboldt County nonprofit closes an outpatient counseling...

Sacramento, calif. — Nearly two years into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $12 billion experiment to transform California’s Medicaid program into a social services provider for the state’s most vulnerable residents, the

The health care insurers, nonprofit organizations, and other groups responsible for implementing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to infuse Medicaid with social services say their ability to serve vulnerable, low-income Californians is hamstrung.

Nearly two years into Gov. Gavin Newsom's $12 billion experiment to transform California’s Medicaid program into a social services provider for the state's most vulnerable residents, the institutions tasked with providing the new services aren't effectively doing so, according to a survey released Tuesday.

A nonprofit has partnered with a for-profit managed care company to offer a broad range of services and track patients

California’s first-of-its-kind Medi-Cal reform aims to help low-income patients navigate problems such as homelessness, poverty and substance abuse that can harm health.

In two weeks, he’ ll move into his own apartment in Berkeley after spending the better part of the past 16 years homeless. But nine months ago, El moved into one of 12 Project Roomkey shelters in Alameda County designed to reduce COVID-19 among the homeless population. The team also made sure that El was enrolled in Medi-Cal and had transportation to his doctor’ s...

At 66, Edward El has a new lease on life — literally. In two weeks, he’ll move into his own apartment in Berkeley after spending the better part of the past 16 years homeless.