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Serious mental health reforms await voters' consideration in March

Pending a signature by the governor, voters across California will decide next spring the fate of how localities deal with serious mental health issues in a ballot measure on whether

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Inside One Startup's Approach to Improving Medicaid Members' Outcomes and Patient Experience

This summer, Adventist Health began a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a primary care provider group that deploys community health workers into the places people live. Five months later, Emcara is saying that the program is seeing significant engagement and improving patients’ ability to keep up with their care plan.

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Santa Clara County's biggest drug scourge isn't fentanyl — it's meth

The potent opioid fentanyl might be getting the lion s share of notoriety in recent years, but Santa Clara County and California have a much bigger drug-related killer: methamphetamine.

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Santa Clara County's biggest drug scourge isn't fentanyl — it's meth

The potent opioid fentanyl might be getting the lion s share of notoriety in recent years, but Santa Clara County and California have a much bigger drug-related killer: methamphetamine.

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Adventist teams up with Emcara Health to deploy field care teams for Medi-Cal members

Adventist Health announced a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a national value-based primary care provider group that meets patients where they are. The initiative will enhance the health system's participation in the CalAIM program, which gives providers state funds to improve health outcomes among Medi-Cal enrollees by broadening care delivery models.

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