California Health Care Foundation

🔎 Inside this edition of THE CHCF WEEKLY: April 11-17 is #BlackMaternalHealthWeek. See CHCF's Amelia Cobb's insights as we celebrate Black-led organizations driving real change for birthing families. Dive into our weekly newsletter to meet these community champions, plus explore new resources on health care and homeless partnerships, a lay counselor program, and upcoming webinars! https://lnkd.in/g-b62GDX

Provider taxes are an important source of revenue that helps states – including California – pay for their share of #Medicaid costs. Now, federal proposals are seeking to eliminate or limit state options to generate revenue for Medicaid — including banning the use of provider taxes. Families USA's new analysis explores what's at stake for state Medicaid programs and budgets as well as health care access for Medicaid enrollees nationwide. Read the analysis: https://lnkd.in/gu_TtmvE Explore other resources to help you understand the current debate over Medicaid in Washington at CHCF's Defending Medi-Cal in 2025 page: https://lnkd.in/gkjcpFfM

Congratulations to UCSF Fresno on 50 years of training physicians for the #CentralValley! With 40% of graduates staying local and 550,000 patient visits annually, you're transforming health care access where it's needed most. Your commitment to growing "homegrown health care talent" embodies what health equity looks like in action.

Desert Sun reports on what is at stake if proposed Medicaid cuts hit vulnerable areas of California. https://lnkd.in/grSYdHqt

The latest from the California Budget & Policy Center says that work requirements, despite their name, are simply cuts to vital programs, including to Medicaid. The reality: • 3 in 5 adult Medi-Cal enrollees in California already work • Those who don't are often caregivers, students, or managing health conditions • Research shows these requirements don't increase employment • Adding additional administrative hurdles to maintaining coverage would cause massive coverage losses The GAO estimates implementing these requirements would cost states millions to hundreds of millions of dollars—money better spent on actual healthcare rather than additional bureaucracy. https://lnkd.in/gSxvfP8c

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Inside this week's CHCF Weekly: Behind Medi-Cal innovation is a federal approval process that can significantly impact the state's health care systems. Curious how these waivers actually work? CHCF's Katie Johnson Heidorn breaks it down. Also in this edition, protecting Medi-Cal in Orange County and Riverside County, community health workers transforming care, and your opportunity to join our Leadership Program! Read it all here: https://lnkd.in/gcskUQe3

🚀 **Exciting News!** 🚀 Community health workers, promotores, and community health representatives (CHW/P/Rs) are essential to advancing health equity across California. Yet, despite their critical role, they have long faced challenges in securing the investment and infrastructure needed to fully integrate into health care systems. That’s why we’re thrilled to launch the Amplifying Impact Initiative — a new effort to strengthen CHW/P/R Medi-Cal providers who are delivering care through the CHW Medi-Cal benefit and California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) programs. Through this initiative, 28 CHW/P/R Medi-Cal providers will receive grants, technical assistance, and practical tools to help sustainably grow and strengthen the CHW/P/R workforce statewide. Together, we aim to expand culturally responsive health and social services while ensuring CHW/P/Rs have access to high-quality jobs that support their long-term success. Funded by the California Health Care Foundation and Cedars-Sinai, and led by health equity nonprofit Health Leads, this initiative will share live and recorded learning opportunities, promising practices, and impactful stories to support CHW/P/R programs across California. 🔹 Join us! If you’re passionate about the success of CHW/P/Rs—whether in California or beyond—we invite you to attend our first event and stay connected for valuable resources in the months ahead. Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/ggqyvbsY Let’s work together to amplify the impact of CHW/P/Rs! https://lnkd.in/e7GA6pZK #CHW #HealthEquity #CalAIM #CHWMedicaid #CommunityHealth Bright Research Group Tshema [Tesh-ma] Nash, DrPH, MPH

📣 The March #CalAIM Digest is out now! 📣 In this edition: Learn how targeted housing supports are transforming care for Californians experiencing homelessness through innovative partnerships. Discover how CalAIM will fare amid federal Medicaid policy changes.

Join California School-Based Health Alliance in Anaheim April 28-29 for The Power of Partnerships - the Golden State’s School Health Conference. Connect with educators, care providers, and advocates, and learn how health and wellness services at school improve education and health equity for California’s children and youth. Get more information and register to attend: https://lnkd.in/gd7-kkM