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Health Care Reform and Expansion Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver State Budget Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital Medi-Cal Redesign L.A. County DHS Governance Nursing Workforce Shortage Homelessness and Health Care Children's Health and Coverage	Coverage Initiative A requirement of the hospital financing waiver is the development of an initiative to expand coverage for uninsured individuals. There is $180 million in federal matching funds available for this initiative annually for the last three years of the waiver. L.A. County Department of Health Services received $54 million annually for three years for its Healthy Way LA (HWLA) program, which aims to shift patients with chronic illnesses to continuity care while enhancing quality of care. Starting in September 2007, HWLA will target providing coverage to an estimated 94,000 low-income, uninsured individuals with services available through the county's multi-service ambulatory care center (MACC), comprehensive health centers and health centers as well as the 80 PPP community clinic sites. Publications and Documents Nov 03 2005 California Association of Public Hospitals (CAPH) and L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) Waiver Coverage Initiative: CAPH-LAC Proposal Nov 03 2005 Local Health Plans of California Hospital Financing Waiver - Healthcare Coverage Initiative Nov 03 2005 Corporation for Supportive Housing and Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative Health Care Coverage Concepts: Supporting the Frequent Users of Health Services Nov 02 2005 Various Health Care Consumer Advocacy Organizations Coverage Initiative Proposal Nov 01 2005 Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Associations Proposal to Add a Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Adolescent Treatment Program Nov 01 2005 California Primary Care Association (CPCA) Position Paper: Healthcare Coverage Initiative Nov 01 2005 Various Health Care Consumer Advocacy Organizations Consumer Advocates Health Coverage Guiding Principles Aug 09 2005 Lucien Wulsin, Jr., Insure the Uninsured Project Preliminary Thoughts on California's Waiver Coverage Options: The Quick and the Dead Apr 29 2004 California Association of Public Hospitals (CAPH) and L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) CalAccess: County Systems of Care Proposal for California 1115 Medicaid Waiver Jul 24 2002 L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS), Public Health Medicaid Demonstration Project 1115 Waiver Modification Proposal Page 4 of 4 pages « First < 2 3 4	Search Featured Issues Advanced Search RSS Subscribe to Coverage Initiative

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