California Health Care Affordability Program

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Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) - HCAI

(9 days ago) WEBIntroduction to OHCA. Established in 2022, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) recognizes that it is in the public interest that all Californians receive health care that is accessible, affordable, equitable, high-quality, and universal.

https://hcai.ca.gov/affordability/ohca/

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Medi-Cal Covered California™

(5 days ago) WEBHow to Get a Health Plan. Depending upon your income, you can get free or low-cost health care through Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal also offers free or affordable programs to start pregnancy coverage right away. Once you …

https://www.coveredca.com/medi-cal/

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Covered California open enrollment begins. What to …

(2 days ago) WEBCovered California is the state’s Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace. The open enrollment period is Nov. 1, 2022, to Jan. 31, 2023. Fill out an application or find someone to help

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-01/covered-california-open-enrollment-begins-what-to-know-about-signing-up-subsidies-and-more

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Get Started Covered California™

(8 days ago) WEBWe’re here to help you get the health insurance you need, regardless of your income or health history. Brand-Name Insurance. All of our plans include preventive care, doctor visits, emergency care and much more. Financial Help. Many customers pay $10 or less per month with financial help that’s only available here.

https://www.coveredca.com/get-started/

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Office of Health Care Affordability - California Hospital Association

(6 days ago) WEBOHCA, established in 2022, will profoundly shape health care in California. Its legislated goals are to slow health care spending growth, promote high-value system performance, and assess market consolidation. CHA is actively engaged in the implementation process, advocating to improve affordability for patients while ensuring …

https://calhospital.org/hospital-topics/office-of-health-care-affordability/

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Possible Solutions - California Health Care Foundation

(5 days ago) WEBThe California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) was established in 2022 to set and enforce targets that limit the growth in the state’s health care spending. This presents new opportunities to reduce growth in excess spending, which fuels the affordability crisis and provides no value to patients. OHCA can return savings to

https://www.chcf.org/resource-center/understanding-californias-health-care-affordability-crisis/possible-solutions/

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Obamacare open enrollment 2022: What you need to know - Los …

(Just Now) WEBMonday marks the first day of open enrollment at Covered California, the insurance marketplace that the 2010 Affordable Care Act created for people who aren’t covered by a group health plan.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-01/obamacare-open-enrollment-2022-what-you-need-to-know-about-subsidies

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Briefing — Launch of California’s Office of Health Care Affordability

(8 days ago) WEBThe Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA), part of California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), will also set and enforce targets designed to increase primary care and behavioral health investment, promote use of alternative payment models, and help ensure the stability of California’s health care workforce.

https://www.chcf.org/event/briefing-launch-californias-office-health-care-affordability/

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California Health Insurance Guide healthinsurance.org

(7 days ago) WEB“ Covered California to Launch State-Enhanced Cost-Sharing Reduction Program in 2024 to Improve Health Care Affordability for Enrollees ” CoveredCA.com, July 20, 2023 ⤶ “2024 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Public Use Files” CMS.gov, March 2024 ⤶; California Senate Bill 910. BillTrack50. Enacted September 2018. ⤶

https://www.healthinsurance.org/states/health-insurance-california/

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California OHCA Releases Health Cost Cap - National Law Review

(9 days ago) WEBEmail. +1.424.288.5362. Bio and Articles. HB Ad Slot. California is Capping Health Care Cost Increases – Starting at 3.5% in 2025. by: Jordan E. Grushkin, Kendall Kohlmeyer, Julia D'Errico of

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-capping-health-care-cost-increases-starting-35-2025

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‘Takes us out at the knees’: California local health - CapRadio

(4 days ago) WEBCalifornia formed the Office of Health Care Affordability in 2022, and Wednesday the board voted on a spending target that could begin to rein in costs. They work 80 hours a week for low pay.

https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/05/13/takes-us-out-at-the-knees-california-local-health-officials-warn-against-cutting-funding/

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California Insurance Affordability Programs Income Levels

(6 days ago) WEBDisabled Program) 250% FPL (MAGI Covered California Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs)) Through 10/31/22* 266% FPL (MAGI Medi-Cal Kids/Targeted Low Income Children's California Insurance Affordability Programs Income Levels (Effective January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 for MAGI programs, unless otherwise noted; …

https://healthconsumer.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HCA-FPL-Income-Chart-2022.pdf

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Getting Started Covered California™

(7 days ago) WEBMedi-Cal. Mixed-Program Families. Medi-Cal for Children. Medi-Cal for Individuals and Families. Medi-Cal for Pregnancy. Medi-Cal and CHIP. Medi-Cal Access Program. Medi-Cal: Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women.

https://www.coveredca.com/individuals-and-families/getting-covered/

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California's Medicaid experiment, CalAIM, leans on nonprofits to …

(1 days ago) WEBFor instance, L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest Medi-Cal insurer in California, has given $66 million to community organizations for hiring and other CalAIM needs, said Sameer Amin, the group's

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/14/1251004146/california-medicaid-experiment-calaim-medi-cal-nonprofits

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California's $12 billion Medicaid experiment stretches the …

(1 days ago) WEBThe in-home consultation and supplies were paid for by Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid health insurance program for low-income residents. Gov. Gavin Newsom is spearheading an ambitious $12 billion experiment to transform Medi-Cal into both a health insurer and a social services provider, one that relies not only on doctors and nurses, …

https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-14/californias-12-billion-medicaid-experiment-stretches-the-definition-of-health-care

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Insurance Affordability Programs Eligibility Appeals - California

(8 days ago) WEBCovered California and Medi-Cal eligibility appeals are processed and adjudicated by Administrative Law Judges and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) staff who track appeals and hearing results. This dataset is part of the public reporting requirements set forth in California Welfare and Institutions Code 14102.5(a)(6).

https://data.chhs.ca.gov/uk/dataset/insurance-affordability-programs-eligibility-appeals

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First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2024-25 May Revision

(8 days ago) WEBYet despite noting California’s serious housing affordability challenges, the May Revision proposes deeper funding reductions and scarce new investments to affordable housing programs. IHSS is a key health care program that helps older adults with low incomes and people with disabilities live safely and with dignity in their own homes

https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/first-look-understanding-the-governors-2024-25-may-revision/

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California public health spending, boosted during COVID, on …

(3 days ago) WEBNewsom cuts $2.9 billion from California climate programs, delays an additional $1.9 billion. Jan. 11, 2024. an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation.

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-05-17/newsom-boosted-california-public-health-spending-during-covid-now-he-wants-to-cut-it

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2024-25 May Revision Department of Health Care Services

(4 days ago) WEBThe May Revision proposes to reduce BHBH funding by $132.5 million General Fund in 2024-25 and $207.5 million General Fund in 2025-26. An additional $90 million in Behavioral Health Services Act funding would be provided in 2025-26, resulting in a net reduction of $117.5 million for that year.

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Budget/Documents/DHCS-FY-2024-25-MR-Highlights.pdf

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Covered California To Launch State Enhanced Cost Sharing …

(5 days ago) WEBThe new state-enhanced cost-sharing reduction program was designed to strengthen Covered California’s patient-centered benefit designs, which are crafted to help reduce financial barriers to health care. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey in March of 2022 found that even among those Americans who have health insurance, just under …

https://www.coveredca.com/newsroom/news-releases/2023/07/20/covered-california-to-launch-state-enhanced-cost-sharing-reduction-program/

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Baldwin's claim about her Affordable Care Act role is mostly true

(4 days ago) WEBObama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, Kominski said, and the provision letting young people under 26 stay on their parents’ health insurance was set to take effect six months

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2024/05/19/baldwins-claim-about-her-affordable-care-act-role-is-mostly-true/73734277007/

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California budget deficit: Newsom proposes spending cuts

(6 days ago) WEBEven more painful may be $13.7 billion in proposed cuts to ongoing programs, including shrinking the Middle Class Scholarship program for college students by $510 million annually and eliminating $300 million for state and local public health programs. Newsom wants to take an additional 4,600 prison beds out of commission, …

https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/05/california-budget-deficit-newsom-may-proposal/

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Governor Newsom Unveils Revised State Budget - California …

(7 days ago) WEBState of California. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today released a May Revision proposal for the 2024-25 fiscal year that ensures the budget is balanced over the next two fiscal years by tightening the state’s belt and stabilizing spending following the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic, all while preserving key …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/10/revised-state-budget-may-2024-25/

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Questions and Answers on the 2024 Final Rule Addressing

(5 days ago) WEBThe Biden Administration finalized updates to the regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or any combination thereof. This issue brief provides background on Section 1557 and analyzes the 2024 final regulations issued on …

https://healthlaw.org/resource/questions-and-answers-on-the-2024-final-rule-addressing-nondiscrimination-protections-under-the-acas-section-1557/

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HCAI - Department of Health Care Access and Information

(Just Now) WEBRead the Health Care Payments Data Program Quarterly Newsletter for December 2023; Facility Finder; California Department of Health Care Access and Information Established in 2022, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) recognizes that it is the public interest that all Californians receive health care that is …

https://hcai.ca.gov/

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Behavioral Health Virtual Services Platform - DHCS

(4 days ago) WEBIn January 2024, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with Kooth and Brightline, is launching two behavioral health virtual services platforms for children, youth, and families. Launching as a part of the state’s CalHOPE program, with funding from the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, a $4.6

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/CYBHI/Pages/BHVS-Platform.aspx

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Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

(5 days ago) WEBThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule regarding section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08711/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities

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Central District of California Physician and Owner of Bellflower

(3 days ago) WEBRIVERSIDE, California – The owner and sole physician at a Bellflower medical clinic has pleaded guilty to submitting millions of dollars’ worth of false claims to a Medi-Cal health care program that provides family planning services to low-income and uninsured patients, causing more than $2.5 million in losses, the Justice Department …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/physician-and-owner-bellflower-medical-clinic-pleads-guilty-defrauding-medi-cal-family

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