CalOptima Counts 10,000 Homeless People in OC
CalOptima
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CalOptima counted 10,000 of its members as homeless in Orange County. The count is 3,200 higher than the roughy 6,800 homeless people counted by the County in January.
CalOptima Unveils Medical Care Street Teams for Homeless, Commits $100 Million to Homeless Services
Alexander Nguyen
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Medical field teams will treat homeless people living on the streets after a federal judge pressured CalOptima — the county insurance plan for the poor and elderly — which also last week earmarked $100 million to homeless services.
CalOptima Faces Criticism Over Delays For Homeless Medical Care
Housing & Homelessness
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County Supervisor and CalOptima Director Andrew Do is criticizing the county health insurance agency for the poor and elderly for being too slow in implementing medical teams that will treat homeless people on the streets, just as CalOptima is being asked to appear in a federal court hearing over homeless policies next month.
Emergency CalOptima Vote Gets Doctors to Homeless People
Housing & Homelessness
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Homeless people now will be visited and treated by medical teams on the streets after the CalOptima Board of Directors unanimously voted to immediately begin the program throughout Orange County.
CalOptima Considers Building Homeless Housing
Housing & Homelessness
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Officials at CalOptima, Orange County’s health plan for the low income and elderly, are considering plans to use the property surrounding the agency’s headquarters to build a mixed-use development that includes affordable housing and permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals.
Battle Intensifies for Control of OC’s Health Care Plan for Low Income Residents
Andrew Do
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CalOptima provides health care for nearly 800,000 disabled, elderly and low-income Orange County residents. County supervisors are moving to expand their power on its board of directors, but state legislators are moving to block that effort.
OC Supervisors Attempt CalOptima Takeover
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The Orange County Taxpayers Association, backed by the medical industry, teamed with state Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) to block a move led by Supervisor Andrew Do to have the supervisors take over the $3.4 billion CalOptima health plan for low income, disabled and elderly OC residents.
Finalists for CalOptima Board Named
County Government
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Fifteen finalists were chosen this week for the seven open seats on the CalOptima board of directors with the medical industry and political insiders dominating the list.
Still No ‘Public’ Voice on CalOptima Board, Decision Delayed for Third Time
CalOptima
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors this week again delayed adding a “public” representative to the board of directors of CalOptima, the health plan for low-income elderly and disabled residents.
CalOptima Board to Health Networks: Shape Up
Countywide
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CalOptima board indicates some health network contracts could be cancelled if they don’t move quickly to meet federal standards.