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.
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.
Fraudsters are duping homeless people in signing up for ACA plans they can’t afford
Potentially hundreds of homeless people in Florida have been approached by commission-seeking agents and brokers, who sign them up for zero-premium health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
State lawmakers eye forced treatment to address overlap in homelessness and mental illness
Mental illness can be part of the story of how a person ends up homeless — or part of the price of survival on the streets, where sleep and safety are scarce.
