California

in 2010, California was approved for a Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver launching the Bridge to Reform which resulted in several changes including expanding Medicaid coverage, reforming safety-net hospitals, and promoting coordinated systems of care for dual eligibles and persons with disabilities. The Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool (DSRIP) is a program offering safety-net hospitals in California funds to make investments in infrastructure, system design and improvements in population health. More than half of participating hospitals expanded medical homes which included expanding primary care capacity, chronic care management, and integration of physical and behavioral health care. Under the Bridge to Reform, the California Children's Services Program Demonstration included pilot programs to improve coordination of care through medical homes, improve satisfaction with care, and develop family-centered care.  In 2012, a waiver amendment provided for the California Duals Demonstration program - Cal MediConnect - that will be implemented in eight California counties in 2014. The program aims to improve care coordination for dual eligible beneficiaries and drive high quality care through medical homes.

California encourages issuers selling Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in the Marketplace, Covered California, to assist enrollees in selecting a primary care provider, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) within 60 days of enrollment.

CHIPRA: 
No
MAPCP: 
No
Dual Eligible: 
Yes
2703 Health Home: 
No
CPCi: 
No
SIM Awards: 
Yes
PCMH in QHP: 
Yes
Legislative PCMH Initiative: 
Yes
Private Payer Program: 
Yes
State Facts: 
Population:
38,114,300
Uninsured Population:
15%
Total Medicaid Spending FY 2013: 
$61.9 Billion 
Overweight/Obese Adults:
60.1%
Poor Mental Health among Adults: 
36.8%
Medicaid Expansion: 
Yes

Apple is launching medical clinics to deliver the 'world's best health care experience' to its employees

Apple is launching a group of health clinics called AC Wellness for its employees and their families this spring, according to several sources familiar with the company's plans.

The company quietly published a website, acwellness.com, with more details about its initiative and a careers page listing jobs including primary care doctor, exercise coach and care navigator, as well as a phlebotomist to administer lab tests on-site.

News Author: 
Christina Farr

We need to continue progress in primary care

This year, Washington, D.C., was once again the epicenter of the debate about the future of healthcare in America.

News Author: 
Glen Stream

Venice Family Clinic (VFC)

Practice Type: 
FQHC
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
905 Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291

Venice Family Clinic's mission is to provde quality primary health care to people in need. Venice Family Clinic is the first choice in affordable health care for low-income, uninsured and homeless families and individuals. We serve everyone from infants, children and teens to adults and seniors. Our patients are most highly concentrated on the Westside, but many come from across Los Angeles County. 

Women’s Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Main Building 5, 5th Floor, Suite 5M
San Francisco, CA 94112

The Women's Health Center provides comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care for women of adolescent to geriatric age.  

Balboa Teen Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
1000 Cayuga Ave (near Alemany & Onondaga)
Room 156
San Francisco, CA 94112

The Balboa Teen Health Center has programs for youth ages 12–24 years. All youth health clinics are LGBTQ-youth friendly. Services are confidential, including for teens! Patients under 18 don't need a parent or guardian’s permission.

Ocean Park Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
1351 24th Avenue between of Judah & Irving
San Francisco, CA 94134

Ocean Park Health Center operates under the San Francisco Health Network, which believes that patients must be active participants in the decision- making process of the health care they receive. Care that is truly patient-centered considers patients’ cultural traditions, their personal preferences and values, their family situations and their lifestyles. It makes the patient and their loved ones an integral part of the care team who collaborate with health care professionals in making clinical decisions.

Silver Avenue Family Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
1525 Silver Ave at San Bruno Ave
San Francisco, CA 94134

Silver Avenue Family Health Center we puts patients first. It is important that patients:

Richard H. Fine People’s Clinic (General Medicine Clinic)

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Ave at the corner of 22nd St
Building 80, 1st and 5th floors
San Francisco, CA 94102

General Medicine Clinic (GMC) provides comprehensive, high quality primary care services to patients who are older than 18 years old. Doctors are UCSF faculty who teach medical students and residents.

Family Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Ave at the corner of 22nd St
Building 80, 1st and 5th floors
San Francisco, CA 94102

Family Health Center provides the full scope of primary care services for children, adolescents, adults, elderly and homebound patients. Services include continuity and urgent care for all ages, prenatal care and perinatal case management, family planning, HIV family clinic, well child care, minor office procedures, mental health services, social services, substance abuse counseling, nutrition consultation, diabetes education and case management, nurse case management, pharmacist consultation, managing patients on anticoagulation therapy, vasectomy clinic, back pain clinic, and psychosocial

Tom Waddell Urban Health Center

Practice Type: 
Not-for-profit practice
Owned by larger organization
Primary care practice
Practice Setting: 
Urban
Practice Address: 
230 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA 94102

The Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic operates under the San Francisco Health Network, which believes that patients must be active participants in the decision- making process of the health care they receive. Care that is truly patient-centered considers patients’ cultural traditions, their personal preferences and values, their family situations and their lifestyles. It makes the patient and their loved ones an integral part of the care team who collaborate with health care professionals in making clinical decisions.

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