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Press release December 13, 2019

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) Adopts Families in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties for the Holidays

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Dec. 13, 2019 – Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) has partnered with Community Action Partnership of Riverside County (CAPRC) and Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County (CAPSBC) to bring holiday cheer to families in the Inland Empire. Hosting its twelfth annual IEHP Holiday Adoption Program, IEHP provided toys, blankets, household supplies and more to those in need.

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  • Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) Adopts Families in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties for the Holidays
Press release December 9, 2019

L.A. Care Health Plan Awards a Half Million Dollars to Help Families Stay in Their Homes
Funding to bolster the efforts of four legal aid agencies

LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest publicly-operated health plan in the country, has launched the Housing Stability Initiative. Under the initiative, the health plan awarded four grants worth a total of $500,000 to agencies who offer free legal services to low-income individuals and families. L.A. Care has two million Medi-Cal members, many of whom could be at-risk of eviction.

The grant awardees will offer pre-eviction counseling, landlord negotiation, and will even represent people in court when needed.

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  • L.A. Care Health Plan Awards a Half Million Dollars to Help Families Stay in Their Homes
Press release November 21, 2019

Local Health Plan a Top National Performer in Quality of Patient Care
CenCal Health’s Santa Barbara County Plan Rates Among the Best Medicaid Plans Nationwide

SANTA BARBARA, CA – Nov 21, 2019 –  Recent national healthcare data ­shows that local health plan CenCal Health rates among the best Medicaid health plans for performance and quality.

  • CenCal Health’s Santa Barbara County Plan Rates Among the Best Medicaid Plans Nationwide
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Press release November 7, 2019

Marian Regional Medical Center, French Hospital Receive $11.8 Million in Enhanced Health Care Payments
CenCal Health and Dignity Health Partner to Strengthen Public Safety Net

Group photo of CenCal Health and Marian Regional Medical Center

SANTA BARBARA, CA – November 7, 2019 – On October 24, the CEO of CenCal Health hand-delivered a check for $10.5 million dollars to Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria for payment of medical services rendered to Medi-Cal patients on the Central Coast. French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo received a $1.3 million dollar payment.

  • Marian Regional Medical Center, French Hospital Receive $11.8 Million in Enhanced Health Care Payments
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Press release October 31, 2019

State of California Presents 2019 Innovation Award to CenCal Health
Interactive Technology in Health Clinics Educates Families about HPV Vaccination

SANTA BARBARA, CA – Oct 31, 2019 – Yesterday, California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) presented its fifth annual Innovation Award to CenCal Health. The award is given to a Managed Care Plan (MCP) whose innovative interventions strive to improve the quality of health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

  • State of California Presents 2019 Innovation Award to CenCal Health
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Press release September 10, 2019

Local Health Plans Support MCO Tax for Medi-Cal
Potentially generating $7 billion to protect our health care safety net

SACRAMENTO — The Local Health Plans of California (LHPC), a group representing 16 of the not-for-profit local health plans that serve nearly 70 percent (over seven million) of the 10.3 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care, today announced support for AB 115, which provides for a restructured Managed Care Organization Provider Tax (MCO tax) for the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal.

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Press release September 9, 2019

CenCal Health Launches Multiple Campaigns to Help Increase Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties
Unique Concepts Employed to Deliver Facts on Disease Prevention to the Public

Santa Barbara, CA – Sept 9, 2019 – Vaccination is a hot topic in the national news, on social media platforms and at dinner tables across America. More recently it has become a divisive political issue. A vocal movement of “anti-vaxxers” continues to influence some individuals and groups resistant to evidence-based facts on public health.

  • CenCal Health Launches Multiple Campaigns to Help Increase Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties
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Press release August 6, 2019

Giving Wings to Children with Disabilities at Camp Mariposas
Speech and Occupational Therapy Program Funded by CenCal Health

Little boy playing a musical instrument while a woman is smiling and playing toy drums.

Santa Barbara, CA – August 6, 2019 – Every week day this Summer, in a small nondescript office building on Santa Barbara’s Westside, young lives are transformed. Camp Mariposas provides speech, language and occupational therapies to children, primarily between the ages of 3 and 8 years, who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other conditions that would benefit from early and continuous intervention.

  • Giving Wings to Children with Disabilities at Camp Mariposas
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Press release August 2, 2019

NEW from Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) – Handy, One-Page Vaccination Chart for Children
Well-Child Check-Up & Shots: Children from birth to 17 years old

(French Camp, CA) – Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) has a new one-page way to guide parents in keeping up with their child’s Well-Child check-ups, vaccinations, when to screen for hearing and vision, blood screening, and when to ask about flu shots. The chart, in English and Spanish, is based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  

  • Calendario de Vacunación Para Niños
  • Vaccination Schedule for Children
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Press release July 31, 2019

Kern Family Health Care gives $83,000 in Community Grants

Bakersfield, CA: Kern Family Health Care, through the Kern Health Systems Community Grant Program, gives grants to assist local non-profit organizations similarly devoted to improving the life and wellbeing of Kern County’s most vulnerable citizens. In 2019, Kern Family Health Care awarded $83,000 to 43 different Community Based Organizations. Many Kern Family Health Care members receive assistance through programs, services, and events by this funding.

  • Kern Family Health Care gives $83,000 in Community Grants
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Press release July 8, 2019

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Bradley P. Gilbert to Retire as IEHP CEO After Distinguished Career

Photo of Jarrod McNaughton.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California – The Governing Board of Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) has announced that IEHP Chief Operating Officer Jarrod B. McNaughton will succeed Dr. Bradley P. Gilbert as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 20, 2019.

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Press release June 28, 2019

Local Health Plans Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget Proposal

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Brianna Lierman, CEO of the Local Health Plans of California, issued the following statement regarding Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal:

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Press release April 30, 2019

Central California Alliance for Health Opens Doors to Health Care for Medi-Cal Members
Health plan pioneers multifaceted grant program that includes funding to build or expand health facilities, increasing access and improving health outcomes for its members

Scotts Valley, Calif., April 30, 2019 – The Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance), the nonprofit, Medi-Cal managed health care plan for Santa Cruz, Monterey and Merced counties, announced that funding through its Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Program has supported nine new or expanded health care facilities that recently opened in the three counties it serves.

  • Central California Alliance for Health Opens Doors to Health Care for Medi-Cal Members
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Press release March 12, 2019

Interactive Health Education Tool Now Available Online
Accessible to CenCal Health Members, Physicians and the Community-At-Large in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties

Santa Barbara, CA – March 12, 2019 - CenCal Health, the Medi-Cal health plan for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, recently established a partnership with Healthwise, a leader in evidence-based health education, to provide an interactive health education library for its local communities. Available directly on the CenCal Health website, this online library contains thousands of health education topics and hundreds of videos with supporting content.

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Press release March 8, 2019

Contra Costa Health Plan Welcomes New CEO

Contra Costa Health Services announced today that Sharron Mackey has accepted the permanent position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP). 

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Press release February 14, 2019

Health Plan of San Joaquin Offering Two Trainings in One Day (March 9, 2019) For Opioids Treatment
FREE Credits Available: CMEs and CEs

(French Camp, CA) – Non-profit Health Plan of San Joaquin has extended to February 22, the deadline to register for this set of presentations on March 9, 2019. The presentations are open to San Joaquin and Stanislaus county health care providers including: physicians, physician assistants (PAs), psychiatrists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed marriage and family therapists, dentists, and Certified Addiction Counselors.

Location

Health Plan of San Joaquin, 7751 South Manthey Road, French Camp

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Press release February 5, 2019

Recuperative Care Program Established on Central Coast to Help Plight of Local Homeless
Successful Pilot Program Opens Door For $1 Million in Recuperative Care Funding from CenCal Health

Santa Barbara, CA – CenCal Health announces a collaborative new program that provides safe recuperative care to local homeless who are not sick enough to be hospitalized, but are too frail to recover from their illness or injury on the streets.

  • Recuperative Care Program Established on Central Coast to Help Plight of Local Homeless
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Article January 25, 2019 Payers & Providers

Five Questions For…
Bob Freeman

1: What has changed most in California during the past few decades?

Bob Freeman: From my point of view, which is focused around the Medi-Cal Program, it’s two things. First, the sheer growth of Medi-Cal that today covers one in three Californians. When I first became involved with Medi-Cal in the mid 1990’s, it was a program keeping the state’s most destitute – lowincome moms and kids, as well as low-income seniors and people with disabilities – with access to health care.

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  • Five Questions for Bob Freeman
Press release January 16, 2019

CenCal Health Goes All-Digital with Multimedia Annual Report

SANTA BARBARA, CA – January 16, 2019 –  CenCal Health, the publicly-sponsored health plan that administers Medi-Cal in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties announced today the release of its 2018 Community Report. New this year is an entirely-digital format, complete with videos, audio testimonials and animation. In the past, the organization has issued the standard printed report but made the switch this year coinciding with its 35th anniversary in Santa Barbara County.

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Press release January 10, 2019

LHPC Statement on Newsom Budget Proposal

Thursday, January 10, 2019, Brianna Lierman, CEO of the Local Health Plans of California, issued the following statement regarding Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal.

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