Month: December 2021
Snapshot: Remaining Uninsured in California (2021 Update)
December 16, 2021
This ITUP Snapshot updates the profile of the state’s uninsured using 2020 data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), and projections for 2022 from the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM). Implementation of the ACA, along with Legislative initiatives…
Read MoreCommunity Health Workers and the Health Care Delivery System
December 10, 2021
The integration of CHWs into health care delivery teams has been valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic as CHWs are able to provide individualized services to heavily impacted communities. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is in the process of making CHWs…
Read MoreITUP Presents at CHCF Community Health Worker State Plan Amendment Webinar
December 10, 2021
ITUP Presents at CHCF Community Health Worker State Plan Amendment Webinar ITUP Executive Director, Katie Heidorn, presented at the California Health Care Foundation's (CHCF) webinar titled “Learning About California’s Community Health Worker (CHW) State Plan Amendment (SPA).” The…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Pandemic Community Success Stories
December 8, 2021
Sharing COVID-19 Pandemic Community Success Stories: Equitable and Culturally Competent Care for California’s Most Vulnerable Communities At the onset of the pandemic, there was considerable confusion, mistrust, and fear around information about the COVID-19 virus, and, as time…
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