As of Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began allowing public and private insurers to pay “street medicine” providers for medical services they deliver anyplace homeless people might be staying.
Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine
Street medicine isn’t new, but it’s getting a jolt in California, which is leading the charge nationally to deliver full-service medical care and behavioral health treatment to homeless people wherever they are.
Covered California to cut patient costs after Democratic lawmakers win funding from Gov. Newsom
Covered California officials announced they will funnel that money into reducing out-of-pocket spending for many enrollees struggling with the cost of care.
California’s homelessness crisis is homegrown, study finds
New findings by leading researchers at the University of California show that at least 90% of adults who are experiencing homelessness in the state became homeless while living in California.
On the brink of homelessness, San Diego woman wins the Medi-Cal lottery