During the first two weeks of open enrollment, the number of new customers enrolling in health insurance through the Covered California marketplace jumped 23 percent compared to the same period last year. More than 48,000 new customers signed up for subsidized health plan coverage between November 1 and November 14 this year, compared to 39,000…
Read More »President Donald Trump this week announced that Alex Azar will be appointed as the next Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. Azar spent nearly a decade at pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, where he most recently served as president of U.S. operations before leaving earlier this year. Prior to his time at Eli Lilly,…
Read More »This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced California’s adolescent birth rate continues to decline. In 2015, there were 17.6 births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, revealing a 10 percent decrease from the 2014 rate (19.6 births) and a 62 percent decrease from the 2000 rate (46.7 births). Additionally, between 2000 and 2015,…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) also this week announced an increase in the number of new Valley Fever cases reported from LHDs in 2017. From January 1 through October 1, 2017, 5,121 provisional cases of Valley Fever were reported throughout the state. This is an increase of 1,294 provisional cases reported during the…
Read More »The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently launched a new interactive online resource highlighting promising community-driven approaches to advance health equity. The interactive hub is based on the report Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity and showcases examples of communities activating strategies to reduce health inequities. The resource provides actions and…
Read More »As part of ongoing discussions and debate around tax reform measures, Congressional Republicans are considering repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance coverage mandate. Such a move would likely provide offsets for additional tax cuts that have recently been proposed by Republicans, though reports have revealed several Republicans are concerned about the chances of a…
Read More »CHEAC is pleased to announce that 2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting will be held on October 17, 2018-October 19, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento! Next year will be CHEAC’s 30th Anniversary, and to celebrate, the 2018 Annual Meeting will feature expanded content areas, additional breakout sessions, and several plenary addresses. Given the expanded focus…
Read More »2018 meeting dates for the CHEAC General Membership, Executive Committee, and Small County Committee are now available. These dates have been posted on our website, and a printable document of the 2018 meeting calendar is available here.
Read More »Today, Senator Richard Pan, on behalf of the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services, held an oversight hearing to examine provider network adequacy in different managed care models in California. The hearing featured a presentation from Mari Cantwell, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), on the…
Read More »Dialogue 4 Health have announced the remaining webinars in their Cannabis and Health webinar series, which will explore available scientific cannabis information, equitable policymaking, and the roles public health should play. The first, as indicated in our October 27 Update, will occur on Tuesday, November 14, from 10:30 am until 12:00 pm entitled “Marijuana and…
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