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Decreased use of emergency department visits and hospitalizations and slower growth in estimated Medi-Cal payments found for patients of public hospitals compared with patients of other hospitals
May 04, 2022
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Decreased use of emergency department visits and hospitalizations and slower growth in estimated Medi-Cal payments found for patients of public hospitals compared with patients of other hospitals
May 04, 2022
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An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid. Initial findings from the ongoing analysis were published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 07, 2019
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An evaluation by UCLA researchers has found that a California program launched in 2016 has been a positive step toward providing better-coordinated health care for people insured by Medicaid. Initial findings from the ongoing analysis were published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
October 07, 2019
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Confusion over new benefits, preference for 'tried and true,' drive opt-outs Three in five of the poorest, sickest residents in Los Angeles County have rejected a managed health care program meant to improve their access to health services, according to a policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 27, 2017
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Confusion over new benefits, preference for 'tried and true,' drive opt-outs Three in five of the poorest, sickest residents in Los Angeles County have rejected a managed health care program meant to improve their access to health services, according to a policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
September 27, 2017
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Results UCLA report are the first from a national effort to reform public hospitals. A five-year Medicaid waiver program that infused billions of dollars into public hospitals prompted significant improvements in health care to California’s neediest population — the poor and uninsured, according to an extensive evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
June 28, 2017
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Results UCLA report are the first from a national effort to reform public hospitals. A five-year Medicaid waiver program that infused billions of dollars into public hospitals prompted significant improvements in health care to California’s neediest population — the poor and uninsured, according to an extensive evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
June 28, 2017
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received a five-year contract from The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to evaluate the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program.
January 31, 2017
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received a five-year contract from The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to evaluate the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program.
January 31, 2017
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UCLA–First 5 LA initiative aims to improve California’s low rates of child dental services. An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles, the UCLA–First 5 LA 21st Century Dental Homes Project, has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
June 29, 2016
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UCLA–First 5 LA initiative aims to improve California’s low rates of child dental services. An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles, the UCLA–First 5 LA 21st Century Dental Homes Project, has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
June 29, 2016
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The California Children's Services (CCS) program plays an invaluable role in facilitating care of the state's sickest children. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is working with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to understand opportunities for improvement and potential changes to the CCS program.
September 24, 2014
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The California Children's Services (CCS) program plays an invaluable role in facilitating care of the state's sickest children. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is working with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to understand opportunities for improvement and potential changes to the CCS program.
September 24, 2014
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Research staff will examine the pioneering Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments program The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has been selected to evaluate a pioneering new program to fundamentally change the way hospitals provide care and do business in California.
January 29, 2014
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Research staff will examine the pioneering Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments program The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has been selected to evaluate a pioneering new program to fundamentally change the way hospitals provide care and do business in California.
January 29, 2014
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A child is desperately ill, and a family faces a stark choice: Should they try to save the child's life with therapeutic treatments, or ease the pain through hospice and other pain-relief services?
This is the current dilemma of families seeking support through Medicaid to care for a child with a life-threatening condition. Under current law, Medicaid recipients are only granted full access to both therapeutic and palliative services in the last six months of a child's life.
August 29, 2012
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A child is desperately ill, and a family faces a stark choice: Should they try to save the child's life with therapeutic treatments, or ease the pain through hospice and other pain-relief services?
This is the current dilemma of families seeking support through Medicaid to care for a child with a life-threatening condition. Under current law, Medicaid recipients are only granted full access to both therapeutic and palliative services in the last six months of a child's life.
August 29, 2012