Plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue to be a focus for Republican Congressional members. Last week, United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that upon Congress returning on January 3, there would be efforts to move a resolution to repeal the ACA, noting that this would be the first…
Read More »The Digital Bridge initiative aims to bring public health and health care together to collaborate on ways to effectively share information and improve public health surveillance. The initiative is seeking applications for sites interested in establishing a unified, multi-jurisdictional approach to electronic case reporting (eCR). Each site will be represented by one health care delivery…
Read More »The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health to recruit and select 20 teams for Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH). Public health leaders who represent diverse backgrounds and serve populations experiencing health disparities are encouraged to apply. ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at…
Read More »The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced changes to the Special Terms and Conditions of California’s Section 1115 ‘Medi-Cal 2020’ Waiver. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved two amendments requested by DHCS. The first, authorizes DHCS to include Federally Recognized Tribes and Tribal Health Programs as lead entities for the Whole…
Read More »The 2017-18 Legislative Session commenced yesterday as the Legislature gathered in Sacramento to be sworn into office. The November election resulted in 9 new members in the Senate and 22 new members in the Assembly and a democratic supermajority in both houses. In addition to the swearing in ceremony, Legislative leadership, accompanied by other prominent…
Read More »During our December CHEAC General Membership Meeting discussion on cannabis implementation, members requested additional details delineating the role of each state agency implementing cannabis regulation and oversight. Please refer to the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation chart, which is also posted on their website. Please note the chart has not yet been updated to reflect…
Read More »Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a short-term continuing resolution funding the federal government through April 28, 2017. In the House version, program funding will remain at FY 2016 levels. According to NACCHO, funding will be “substantially the same” for all programs. The continuing resolution will move to the Senate today as the deadline for…
Read More »The National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted a webinar this week to discuss the future of public health programs under the Trump Administration and the Republican controlled House and Senate. To view a recording of the webinar, please click here. Presentation slides can be found here. Additionally, NACCHO produced several key…
Read More »The Health Officers Association of California (HOAC) will host a webinar on Monday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. for the HOAC Communications Project. The webinar will focus on providing basic tools to make health research and concepts accessible to the press, lawmakers, and the general public. To join the webinar, click here. Dial-in number: 1-650-479-3208 Access…
Read More »The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will host their second webinar on the Medi-Cal County Inmate Program (MCIP) on Thursday, December 8, at 10:00 am. To register for the MCIP Webinar, please click here. If you would like to receive updates from DHCS related to MCIP, please send a request to: dhcsimcu@dhcs.ca.gov.
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