This explainer includes an explanation of CHBRP, an overview of health insurance coverage in California, vocabulary to know for a better understanding of health policy legislation, and useful links to several other resources and organizations that provide additiona
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Health Insurance in California 101: A Quick Guide to Understanding Health Insurance
This research letter in JAMA Network Open (1) documents the extent to which states have introduced or enacted mandates for coverage of nonpharmacological pain treatments and (2) describes and characterizes variation in such mandates.
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Health Insurance Mandates for Nonpharmacological Pain Treatments in 7 US States
This explainer discusses current network adequacy standards for enrollees in California-regulated plans and policies, related federal and state regulations, and new and evolving issues that impact accessibility and coverage of health care for enrollees in California’s state-regulated insurance markets.
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Network Adequacy and Health Care Access Regulations in California
Because many disparities in health outcomes have their roots in systemic racism, it is important to explore the impact that systemic racism has on health policies, practices, structures, systems, and the information available to CHBRP.
Funded by the California Health Care Foundation, CHBRP conducted a rapid literature review examining the effectiveness of telehealth as compared with in-person care.
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Telehealth Outcomes and Impact on Care Delivery: A Review of Evidence
CHBRP, drawing on multi-disciplinary faculty and researchers based at the University of California, provides the California Legislature with timely, independent, and rigorous evidence-based analyses of introduced health insurance benefits-related legislation.
