Author: Sandra Hernandez
Broadband and Connectivity for Better Health Care -ITUP Policy Toolkit
August 23, 2022
ITUP has created a new broadband policy toolkit that provides hyperlinks to resources to help understand more about the need to expand broadband and connectivity to ensure a better future of health care for California communities. The ITUP Policy Toolkit curates state and federal…
Read MoreITUP Blog: Key Highlights in the Governor’s FY 2022-23 May Revise
June 2, 2022
Governor’s FY 2022-23 Budget: Key Highlights in the May Revision Governor’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget May Revision: The Largest Budget in California History On May 13, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom released the May Revision of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Budget. The total…
Read MoreCalAIM Quick Links
April 14, 2022
Looking for important CalAIM links? California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CaIAIM) is a multi-year initiative by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to enhance care coordination and improve the quality of care provided to Medi-Cal members by implementing broad delivery…
Read More2022 Regional Health Coverage Fact Sheets
April 14, 2022
Coverage in California at a Glance Each year ITUP releases Regional Health Coverage fact sheets for its 11 ITUP Regional Workgroup (listening session) locations. These publications are overviews highlighting key coverage facts county-by-county. This year’s “Coverage at a Glance”…
Read MoreCalAIM Summary and Timeline (2022 Update)
April 12, 2022
Through its multi-year CalAIM initiative, California is moving its Medi-Cal program towards a population health approach that prioritizes prevention and whole-person care. Learn about CalAIM and its focus populations, primary goals, and major elements in the latest ITUP fact sheet. This…
Read MoreITUP Blog: 2022 Introduced Legislation
March 14, 2022
By Mary Nguyen, Olivia Bundschuh, and Shirley Lam 2022 Introduced Legislation Overview: The deadline for introducing legislation for the first year of the 2022-2023 legislative session was February 18, 2022. Similar to Governor Newsom’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Budget Proposal,…
Read MoreITUP Blog: Governor’s FY 2022-23 Budget Proposal: Key Highlights
January 20, 2022
Governor’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget Proposal On January 10, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Budget proposal of $286 billion total funds (TF) ($213 billion General Fund (GF)). Health and Human Services makes up a large portion of the budget with…
Read MoreThe Intersection and Coordination of Public Health & Health Care in California
January 18, 2022
California’s public health and health care systems are distinct and separate, yet they come together and coordinate in important ways. This ITUP fact sheet purposefully brings the public health and health care systems together in one publication to explore their different…
Read More2021 ITUP Year-in-Review
January 11, 2022
The annual ITUP Year-in-Review highlights the rigorous work ITUP has accomplished over the last year. In 2021, ITUP hosted its first virtual conference, held 10 regional workgroup/listening sessions, was appointed to the Department of Health Care Services' Telehealth Advisory Workgroup,…
Read MoreSnapshot: 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…
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