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​​Press Contact:​

Dustin Lyda: Director of Communications
and Government Affairs

Email: dlyda@partnershiphp.org

Phone: (866) 828-2301

Alternate Email: pressinquiries@partnershiphp.org

        

WHO WE ARE: Partnership HealthPlan of California is a nonprofit, community-based, public health care organization that contracts with the State to administer Medi-Cal benefits through local care providers to ensure access to comprehensive cost-effective health care. Partnership provides quality health care to over 900,000 people in 24 Northern California counties:

Butte* Colusa* Del Norte* Glenn* Humboldt* Lake*
Lassen* Marin* Mendocino* Modoc* Napa* Nevada*
Placer* Plumas* Shasta* Sierra* Siskiyou* Solano* 
Sonoma* Sutter* Tehama* Trinity* Yolo*​

In addition to all Medi-Cal benefits, Partnership provides enhanced services including eyeglasses and mental health care. We have a dedicated Member Services team and a
24-hour Advice Nurse phone line, as well as Care Coordination services for complex cases.

Partnership is governed by a Board of Commissioners, comprised of locally elected officials, provider representatives, and patient advocates who meet on a monthly basis to set policy and strategic priorities for the health plan. 

WHO WE SERVE: Partnership provides health care to some of California's most vulnerable populations, which include:
low-income residents in rural counties; children; those with disabilities; and the elderly.

OUR HISTORY: Partnership was established to address the use of Solano County emergency rooms as the primary source of care for local Medi-Cal recipients. Partnership began serving Solano County as a County Organized Health System (a.k.a.
a public plan) in 1994. While Partnership has consistently grown over time, a series of significant expansions occurred between 2009 and 2013, with another in 2024.

News

June27
June 27, 2025

Your Partner in Health: A Very Adult Choice – Immunizations

​As adults, many of us put vaccines in the back of our minds after finishing our childhood immunizations. But the truth is that vaccines s...
June25
June 25, 2025

Dr. Colleen Townsend of Partnership HealthPlan of California Wins 2025 Making a Difference Award

​The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) today honored Dr. Colleen Townsend of Partnership HealthPlan of California with the o...
June18
June 18, 2025

Partnership HealthPlan of California Awards $182,500 to Winners of Inaugural 2025 CalAIM Make a Difference Awards

​Partnership HealthPlan of California, one of the state's largest Medi-Cal managed care plans, announced the winners of the inaugural 2025...
May06
May 06, 2025

Partnership CEO Sonja Bjork continues working with MACPAC

​Partnership HealthPlan of California’s CEO Sonja Bjork was reappointed on May 5, 2025, to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commissi...
March28
March 28, 2025

Your Partner in Health: STI Screening

​Despite the sensitivity of the topic, it is critical to highlight the importance of screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).​​...
February28
February 28, 2025

Partnership Statement on U.S. House of Representatives Budget Resolution

​It is not only critical to protect Medicaid funding, but it is fiscally prudent. When individuals lose health care access, they don’t...
December19
December 19, 2024

Your Partner in Health: Prenatal Care

​Prenatal medical care improves the health of the pregnant person and their baby.​​
October08
October 08, 2024

California Health Care Foundation, Partnership HealthPlan of California Award $1.2 Million to Support Provider Training in Northern California

​Partnership HealthPlan of California is pleased to announce its collaboration with the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) to award $1...
October02
October 02, 2024

Your Partner in Health: Substance Use

​In 2021, over half of drug overdose deaths in the United States involved an opioid.
June24
June 24, 2024

Your Partner in Health: Vaccine Education

​Vaccines are one of our greatest medical success stories. For centuries, humans explored ways to protect against deadly diseases that would...