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ITUP Statement on the Affirmative Action Supreme Court Ruling

July 7, 2023

ITUP Executive Director Releases Statement on the Affirmative Action Supreme Court Ruling ITUP Executive Director, Crispin Delgado, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on Affirmative Action: "On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that…

Online Symposium: The New Health Care Industry

February 25, 2016

The health care industry has undergone significant transformation, one of the most notable aspects being a wave of mergers and acquisitions that have led to an increase in market consolidation. While the fact that these changes are happening is indisputable, it remains an area of…

Opportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act

February 16, 2016

ITUP's report, Opportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, is now available. California has made great progress implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with 6 million people newly enrolled in either Medi-Cal or Covered California since December…

Covered California: Consumers Still Have Through Feb. 6 to Finish Their Applications

February 5, 2016

From Covered California's website: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With three days left for consumers to finish their applications for affordable, quality health care coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Covered California announced that more than 425,000 consumers…

Provider Market Power and Cost Containment

February 4, 2016

ITUP's report on the impacts of provider market power and healthcare cost containment, authored by Vishaal Pegany, is now available. While more individuals are covered by insurance, the rate of health care cost growth continues to outpace economic growth, resulting in higher premiums…

ITUP Analysis and Summary of the §1115 Waiver Renewal

February 4, 2016

ITUP has prepared a six-part summary of California's Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver, which went into effect at the beginning of 2016. The new waiver aims to build off of the successes of the Bridge to Reform waiver, which expired at the end of 2015. The analysis is freely available…

§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Global Payment Program (GPP)

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Before the Medi-Cal 2020 waiver, the federal/local financing of care for the uninsured was anachronistic. It incentivizes treating uninsured individuals at the hospital emergency room (the most expensive…

§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) is an ambitious follow-up program to the successful Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool (DSRIP) for county, district, and University of California…

Analysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Dental Transformation Initiative

February 4, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Under the Medi-Cal Dental program, dental services are provided to about 5.5 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries under the age of 20. The program aims to facilitate consistent and easy access to high quality dental…

Medi-Cal 2020: ITUP's Analysis of California's New §1115 Waiver

February 1, 2016

Over the next couple of weeks, ITUP will be posting a number of papers analyzing the terms and conditions of the new §1115 waiver. These papers will look closely at the new requirements and their implications for the Medi-Cal program. Released Papers: Summary of the Terms and…

Analysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Whole Person Care Pilots

February 1, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. As health care systems are focusing on providing more efficient, high quality care, systems around the country are moving towards more integrated patient care. The addition of the Whole Person Care Pilots…

Analysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Managed Care Expansion and Demonstrations Continuation

February 1, 2016

This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. The Medi-Cal program has grown from a caseload of 7.9 million beneficiaries in 2012-13 to a projected 13.5 million in 2016-17. About 10 million are currently enrolled in a managed care plan. The plans are…

New York’s New DSRIP Waiver & What It Could Mean in California UPDATED

July 23, 2014

New York state and CMS signed a new DSRIP waiver in April 2014. The goals are transforming the state’s health care system, bending the Medicaid cost curve and assuring quality care for all Medicaid members. The waiver puts an emphasis on transformation of the safety net, cost reduction…

CA Turns Down Medi-Cal Enrollment Funds

June 17, 2014

On Sunday the State Legislature passed a budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year. We’ll have the details of the final enacted budget once Governor Brown signs it (some line items could be vetoed), but in the meantime we want to focus on a somewhat shocking budget item that was added…

Transforming Drug Medi-Cal: Key Considerations for a Waiver Amendment

June 2, 2014

California’s expanded Medi-Cal program and expanded Substance Use Disorder (SUD) benefit provides an opportunity for beneficiaries to access improved services through the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) program. In California, 1.9 million individuals are newly enrolled in Medi-Cal in 2014,…