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- Access and Managed Care Final Rules
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- Medicare-Medicaid Integration
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- Opioid Treatment Policy
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Unlocking Medicare Savings Programs’ Potential: State Policy Approaches to Health Care Affordability
Mark Your Calendar: Implementing the Medicaid Managed Care Rule
The Countdown Has Started: Implementing the Medicaid Access Rule
Medicaid Managed Care Rule: What’s Next for States and Managed Care Plans?
New Methadone Flexibilities Can Help States Respond to the Opioid Crisis
New Peer Support Services Benefit to Leverage Providers’ Lived Experience to Support Medi-Cal Members
Sowing Seeds of Change: Promising Early Results from California’s Medication Assisted Treatment Program
California’s Efforts to Facilitate Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Services
Californians, like the rest of the country, are facing significant mental health challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. The need for new and enhanced behavioral health supports and interventions has come into strong focus in recent years and states are leveraging their Medicaid programs to respond.
Effective Communication Strategies that Built and Strengthened the ACEs Aware Initiative
Strengthening the System of Behavioral Health Care in the District of Columbia
CalHOPE: A New Sustainable Model of Care
Thanks to tireless advocacy combined with impressive outcomes data, funding was allocated in the California state budget to support the continuation of the program. This is a prime example of how initial federal investments can ultimately lead to long-term sustainability of successful programs.
New Video Series Tells Stories of ACEs Aware in Action
When Aurrera Health launched the ACEs Aware initiative on behalf of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) in late 2019, we knew we were on the forefront of change.
Leveraging Robust Evaluation Principles to Make Medicaid Better
A core element of all Medicaid Section 1115 “research and demonstration” waivers is an evaluation of the demonstration program and its efficacy in meeting the demonstration’s goals. Historically, however, Section 1115 waiver evaluations have been an afterthought for states and CMS, limiting their ability to inform future Medicaid policy and financing approaches.
ARPA Funds are Helping States Shore Up the Health Care Workforce
States are leveraging American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to support a multi-faceted policy approach to strengthening state health care infrastructure and the health workforce.
Supporting Medicaid Providers in CalAIM Implementation
Last year, Aurrera Health Group teamed up with the California Department of Health Care Services to provide early education and targeted technical assistance for providers on implementing Enhanced Care Management and Community Support services, two key parts of the CalAIM initiative. This experience revealed several promising practices for other states pursuing whole-person approaches to health care delivery.
