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California Health Care Affordability Board discuss methodology for statewide spending target – State of Reform

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California Health Care Affordability Board discuss methodology for statewide spending target - State of Reform

California’s Health Care Affordability Board (HCAB) met last month to discuss an overview of draft decisions for a baseline spending report, and introduced methodology considerations for the statewide spending target. The board’s purpose is to reduce the rate of cost growth across California’s healthcare sector.  The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) will measure healthcare … Read more

Penn State Health and College of Medicine showcase achievements of staff, students and faculty

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Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine have compiled the following list to recognize awards and appointments for faculty, staff and students. This list includes achievements from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2023. Photos may be available upon request. October 16, 2023Penn State Health News APPOINTMENTS Silberman is associate dean for interdisciplinary research. … Read more

‘It’s not a red state, blue state thing’: Senators form bipartisan Mental Health Caucus

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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a Senate hearing on Sept. 6, 2023.

WASHINGTON — Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., don’t have much in common. They hail from opposite areas of the country, they sit on opposite sides of the aisle, and their paths to Washington couldn’t have been more different. Outside of their mutual love for dogs, Padilla and Tillis bonded over something else: … Read more

Commentary: Health equity means healthy babies and healthy moms. Why every state should follow Maryland’s lead – Maryland Matters

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Commentary: Health equity means healthy babies and healthy moms. Why every state should follow Maryland’s lead - Maryland Matters

Maryland passed the Healthy Babies Equity Act in 2022. Photo by Roberto Westbrook/Getty Images By Karla Madera Tejada and Thomas J. Rachko, Jr.  The writers descend from immigrant backgrounds and both serve at The George Washington University Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute and The Immigrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative. Today marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, … Read more

New court to treat people with serious mental illness gets slow start in San Diego and across the state

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San Diego Superior Court Judge Kimberlee Lagotta

CARE Court has been in session for almost two weeks now, and it’s getting off to a very slow start. The program — created with last year’s passage of the Community Assistance, Recover and Empowerment Act, or CARE Act — began Oct. 2 and gives San Diego County families and a host of others the … Read more