​The 2019 California Budget Act authorized $140 million1 over three years to implement the Behavioral Health Integration Incentive Program. Funded projects should aim to improve physical and behavioral health outcomes, care delivery efficiency and patient experience using culturally, and linguistically appropriate providers with expertise in primary care, substance use disorder and/or mental health conditions.

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​Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) recently teamed up with Anderson Middle School in Anderson to highlight the importance of immunizations for children ages 9-13. Included in that effort was a PHC-sponsored poster contest, and the winners were announced at a school assembly today.

Palliative care is patient- and family-centered care that anticipates, prevents, and treats suffering during end of life. And beginning Jan. 1, 2018, palliative care becomes a covered benefit for all eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The benefit gives individuals, during the period before hospice care is necessary, an alternative to spending time in hospitals and emergency rooms.

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