FROM THE FOUNDATION

Redefining the Safety Net

Should California establish a Basic Health Program for certain low-income residents? CHCF's Marian Mulkey captures a recent policy conversation in a Health Affairs blog.

Accountable Care in Action

A new post on the Health Affairs blog details how CalPERS kept costs down in Sacramento through a "virtual" ACO with insurers and providers.

Career Opportunity: Senior Program Officer

This position will play a major role in furthering the goals and objectives of the foundation's Better Chronic Disease Care program.

Health Care Reform

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Kern County Sees Promise in Expansion of Health Project

Although Kern County has one of the state's lowest ratios of primary care doctors to residents, officials see promise in a state request for a Medicaid waiver to expand California's Health Care Coverage Initiative. The Kern Medical Center Health Plan -- one of 10 county-level pilot programs that make up HCCI -- already has improved access to health care and reduced costs by providing about 5,510 low-income residents with a medical home. The article was supported by the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting. CHCF is the publisher of California Healthline.



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