California’s eight regional, private non-profit Children’s
Hospitals are legally defined in the California Welfare &
Institutions Code Section 10727. These hospitals treat children
with the most serious and life-threatening diseases such as
leukemia and other cancers, heart complications, sickle cell
anemia, diabetes, HIV, and cystic fibrosis. Children’s Hospitals
provide multi-disciplinary health care to children from all…
For over 20 years, the California Children’s Hospital Association
(CCHA) has been advancing the needs of the State’s
children’s hospitals through public and legislative advocacy. The
Association works with state and national leaders in government
and private industry to address issues impacting the hospitals’
ability to provide the best care possible to the children of
California, especially those with special and complex…
This week the Centers for Disease Control estimated that
pediatric hospital admissions have jumped by close to 100
percent over the past week. Child hospitalizations for
COVID are at their highest rate since the start of the pandemic.
In California, children now make up over 15 percent of all
COVID cases and that number is expect to grow.
Amid this surge, CCHA released the
attached statement urging families to vaccinate their
eligible children against COVID-19.
The California Department of Health Care Services is developing a
process to re-procure its Medi-Cal managed care contracts across
the state. In up to thirty-six[1] counties,
managed care plans that are currently covering Medi-Cal enrollees
will have to compete successfully for the privilege of continuing
to serve this population. Other managed care plans,
those that are not currently covering Medi-Cal managed care
enrollees, may also submit bids. Plans that are chosen
would begin operations under new contracts with the Department in
January 2024.
