Journal Article
Safety-net hospitals in California rely on disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments to help cover uncompensated care costs and underpayments by Medicaid, known as Medicaid shortfalls. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) anticipates that insurance expansion will increase the revenues of safety-net hospitals, and DSH payments are scheduled to be reduced accordingly.
Journal Article
Safety-net hospitals in California rely on disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments to help cover uncompensated care costs and underpayments by Medicaid, known as Medicaid shortfalls. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) anticipates that insurance expansion will increase the revenues of safety-net hospitals, and DSH payments are scheduled to be reduced accordingly.
Research Report
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded health coverage to millions of Californians and has improved coverage for millions more, but between 2.7 and 3.4 million Californians under age 65 are predicted to still remain uninsured by 2019, after the ACA is fully implemented. Of those predicted to remain uninsured, almost half — between 1.4 and 1.5 million — are ineligible for federal coverage options due to their immigration status.
Research Report
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded health coverage to millions of Californians and has improved coverage for millions more, but between 2.7 and 3.4 million Californians under age 65 are predicted to still remain uninsured by 2019, after the ACA is fully implemented. Of those predicted to remain uninsured, almost half — between 1.4 and 1.5 million — are ineligible for federal coverage options due to their immigration status.
Journal Article
This article explores the creation, design, and execution of a university-based collaboration to provide responsive research and evidence to a group of diverse health care, labor, and consumer stakeholders through convening a funded series of deliberative meetings, research briefs, peer-reviewed journal articles, ad hoc data analyses, and policy analyses.
Journal Article
This article explores the creation, design, and execution of a university-based collaboration to provide responsive research and evidence to a group of diverse health care, labor, and consumer stakeholders through convening a funded series of deliberative meetings, research briefs, peer-reviewed journal articles, ad hoc data analyses, and policy analyses.
Research Report
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was selected to evaluate the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI), a ten-county experimental program to extend health care coverage to more than 230,000 low-income uninsured adults who were not otherwise eligible for public programs such as Medi-Cal. This report presents findings based on data received by UCLA from the participating counties as of April 30, 2012 and from DHCS as of July 19, 2012.
Research Report
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was selected to evaluate the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI), a ten-county experimental program to extend health care coverage to more than 230,000 low-income uninsured adults who were not otherwise eligible for public programs such as Medi-Cal. This report presents findings based on data received by UCLA from the participating counties as of April 30, 2012 and from DHCS as of July 19, 2012.
Research Report
This report examines the success and challenges of the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) in California. It combines earlier assessments of 10 counties that participated in the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI) program, a precursor to the LIHP, along with a survey of LIHP program administrators and a survey of primary care providers within LIHP networks to assess system redesign efforts during LIHP.
Research Report
This report examines the success and challenges of the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) in California. It combines earlier assessments of 10 counties that participated in the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI) program, a precursor to the LIHP, along with a survey of LIHP program administrators and a survey of primary care providers within LIHP networks to assess system redesign efforts during LIHP.
Journal Article
Subsidies for health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act are refundable tax credits. They can be taken when taxes are filed or in advance, as reductions in monthly premiums that must be reconciled at tax filing. Recipients who take subsidies in advance will receive tax refunds if their subsidies were too small but will have to make repayments if their subsidies were too high.
Journal Article
Subsidies for health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act are refundable tax credits. They can be taken when taxes are filed or in advance, as reductions in monthly premiums that must be reconciled at tax filing. Recipients who take subsidies in advance will receive tax refunds if their subsidies were too small but will have to make repayments if their subsidies were too high.
Research Report
This interim report details the progress of California's Low Income Health Program (LIHP), a county-operated system to provide health coverage for low-income adults not otherwise eligible for public programs such as Medi-Cal.
Research Report
This interim report details the progress of California's Low Income Health Program (LIHP), a county-operated system to provide health coverage for low-income adults not otherwise eligible for public programs such as Medi-Cal.
Policy Note
Health care workers at safety net facilities can recount endless anecdotes of adverse consequences arising from poor access to health care experienced by marginalized populations in California: The missed preventive care, infrequent screenings, and low use of unaffordable chronic disease medications that result in unnecessary illness, avoidable hospitalizations, late-stage diagnoses, and premature mortality.
Policy Note
Health care workers at safety net facilities can recount endless anecdotes of adverse consequences arising from poor access to health care experienced by marginalized populations in California: The missed preventive care, infrequent screenings, and low use of unaffordable chronic disease medications that result in unnecessary illness, avoidable hospitalizations, late-stage diagnoses, and premature mortality.
Policy Note
In 2014, over 500,000 California residents will transition from the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) to new health coverage provided by Medi-Cal or subsidized health plans offered in Covered California. This Policy Note focuses on the transition of more than 470,000 lower-income LIHP enrollees into a state-operated Medi-Cal program. If a county-based approach is adopted, expanding the existing local LIHPs, adjustments to the plan will be needed.
Policy Note
In 2014, over 500,000 California residents will transition from the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) to new health coverage provided by Medi-Cal or subsidized health plans offered in Covered California. This Policy Note focuses on the transition of more than 470,000 lower-income LIHP enrollees into a state-operated Medi-Cal program. If a county-based approach is adopted, expanding the existing local LIHPs, adjustments to the plan will be needed.
Policy Note
In 2014, over 500,000 California residents will transition from the Low Income Health Program to health coverage provided by Medi-Cal or subsidized health plans offered in Covered California. This policy note focuses on the transition plans for the 27,000 higher income enrollees that will be eligible for sizeable federal subsidies in the state-based health insurance exchange, Covered California
Policy Note
In 2014, over 500,000 California residents will transition from the Low Income Health Program to health coverage provided by Medi-Cal or subsidized health plans offered in Covered California. This policy note focuses on the transition plans for the 27,000 higher income enrollees that will be eligible for sizeable federal subsidies in the state-based health insurance exchange, Covered California