LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals
The Governor’s 2021‑22 May Revision includes several proposals related to behavioral health. In the following sections, we provide our preliminary comments on the major May Revision behavioral health proposals, which consist of (1) the package of proposals targeted at children and youth that are together grouped under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative and (2) the May Revision augmentations to the Governor’s January behavioral health continuum infrastructure proposal. We note that these comments reflect our understanding of the major May Revision behavioral health proposals as of Monday, May 24. We may provide additional analyses to the Legislature as feasible when additional information becomes available.
After French Laundry dinner, a lobbying boom for Newsom adviser s firm
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FILE - This Thursday, March 19, 2020 file photo, is The French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, Calif. Eric Risberg/Associated Press
SACRAMENTO Billings by lobbying firm Axiom Advisors rose by more than 25% last quarter, following an infamous birthday dinner held by partner Jason Kinney at Napa Valley’s French Laundry restaurant. Gov. Gavin Newsom attended the November event in violation of his own social distancing rules in effect at the time, helping to spur the recall drive currently underway against him.
The Sacramento-based consultancy logged revenues of $2,008,046 between January and March, according to lobbying reports filed with the state, an increase of $406,916 from the fourth quarter of 2020 and its second-best reporting period since the firm was formed two and a half years ago.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released findings that may improve health quality and outcomes for high-need, at-risk groups.
UCLA report provides close look at state’s Whole Person Care pilot health program UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | May 11, 2021
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California in 2016 introduced its Whole Person Care program, a pilot project designed to integrate medical, behavioral health and social services for Medi-Cal patients who frequently accessed health services, incurred disproportionately high costs and had poor health outcomes.
With that program scheduled to end next year, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has published a policy brief that presents a detailed overview of the program one the authors say could help inform future efforts to address the needs of high-risk groups.
Findings may inform models to improve health care quality and outcomes for high-need, at-risk groups
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May 11, 2021
California in 2016 introduced its Whole Person Care program, a pilot project designed to integrate medical, behavioral health and social services for Medi-Cal patients who frequently accessed health services, incurred disproportionately high costs and had poor health outcomes.
With that program scheduled to end next year, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has published a policy brief that presents a detailed overview of the initiative one the authors say could help inform future efforts to address the needs of high-risk groups.
The brief highlights several key characteristics of Whole Person Care which comprises 25 local pilot programs covering 26 counties including the populations targeted for enrollment, how each program identified and enrolled eligible individuals, how care coordination teams were structured, the types o