The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CDPH = California Department of Public Health; COVID ‑19 = coronavirus disease 2019; CHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; HHS = Health and Human Services; GARE = Government Alliance on Race and Equity; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; CalAIM = California Advancing and Innovating Medi ‑Cal; ICF ‑DDs = Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/2

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - With the upcoming managed care model changes, two health plans that currently participate in the Whole Child Model —Central California Alliance for Health and Partnership Health Plan —will be responsible for serving Medi-Cal beneficiaries in the 12 counties transitioning to the COHS model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors

Nov 28, 2016 - The AARP and the National Alliance on Caregiving estimate that nationwide 34.2  million adults (about 14  percent) served as an unpaid caregiver of an adult aged 50 or older in 2014. These unpaid caregivers spent an average of 24 hours per week providing care such as helping the recipient with ADLs and IADLs or communicating with health care professionals on the recipient ’s behalf.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509