With the outbreak of COVID-19 in the early months of 2020, and with its waves and surges throughout the year, California communities have quickly responded to the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness in order to provide safe places where they can isolate, quarantine, and protect themselves from infection; await test results; recover from the […]
Funding for Programs Supporting the Health Care for the Homeless Community. Download Document (PDF)
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In order to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government allowed temporary flexibilities to many policies related to telehealth services. This issue brief describes the temporary telehealth policies that have been especially successful for Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers, and provides recommended actions at the state/local level for implementing more
Webinar Slides(PDF) Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care: Financing Approaches for Medical Respite Care(LINK) NIMRC(LINK) Medicaid and managed care organizations (MCOs) are increasingly providing financial support for medical respite care programs because they recognize the value of these models of care. This webinar will feature program administrators from two very different medical respite programs who
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This paper is designed to illustrate how single-payer health systems around the world have more effectively responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and to demonstrate why the U.S. should move towards a single-payer ’Medicare for All’ system of care. Download Document (PDF)
This issue brief is intended to illustrate how the U.S. response to COVID-19 would be different under a single-payer financing process from the perspective of front-line homeless health care providers. Download Document (PDF)
This issue brief is intended to provide public health authorities, emergency response systems, and ACS program administrators with an operational framework that will improve the quality of care at ACS programs and promote longer-term stability for vulnerable people. Download Document (PDF)
This issue brief is intended to provide public health authorities, emergency response systems, and ACS program administrators with an operational framework that will improve the quality of care at ACS programs and promote longer-term stability for vulnerable people. Download Document (PDF)
