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Local Health Plans of California name Linnea Koopmans as new CEO Sydney Kurle | May 25, 2021
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LHPC represents all 16 of the non-profit, community-based local health plans in California, which provide health coverage to more than 70% of the 11.3 million members enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care. Liz Gibboney, board chair of LHPC and CEO of Partnership HealthPlan of California, said:
“The LHPC Board is thrilled to name Linnea as the association’s next CEO. She has deep Medi-Cal policy experience, is an excellent communicator, and is firmly committed to the local plan model. We know that she will lead the association through the extraordinary opportunities offered through the CalAIM waiver process.”
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Many of them used urgent care clinics to get a test, where appointments have been easy to get or walk-ins are available.
In some cases, health insurance covered part of the bill for a local COVID-19 test, but not all of it. For others, health insurance plans reportedly did not cover the cost of testing, or providers billed patients directly and did not file claims with the health insurance company.
Most of these tests were done before February, so it’s possible that some of the bills should be reimbursed by health insurance plans and others are exceptions to federal consumer protections.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has launched a new program designed to vaccinate more residents and staff at long-term care facilities.
Under the program, the department will help pharmacies at long-term care facilities secure vaccine doses the federal government is directly allocating to “group-purchasing organizations,” including GeriMed, Innovatix and Managed Health Care Associates.
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During a virtual news conference on Thursday, DOH Executive Deputy Secretary Keara Klinepeter said the long-term care pharmacies will partner with one of those groups to get vaccine doses. The department will help expedite that process for pharmacies.
Americans who lost a job in the last 18 months are able to stay on or join their former employer’s healthcare plan for free through Sept. 30. That provision of the American Rescue Plan Act went into effect April 1.
More than 2 million people could benefit, according to the Congressional Budget