Opinion
Guideposts and a New Roadmap: CalAIM offers new ways to provide cost-efficient care to California’s dual-eligibles when the program begins in January 2022.
By Jason Bloome There are approximately 1.4 million dual-eligibles in California who receive Medicare and full benefit Medi-Cal. Dual-eligibles are...
OPINION: The American Rescue Plan Act: $3 Billion Allocated to California for Home and Community Based Services
By Jason Bloome Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) allow seniors and people with disabilities and chronic illnesses to live...
Opinion: The Role of Social Work Through A Systemic Racism Lens
by Marilyn Montenegro Over the past decade, the Women’s Council of the CA Chapter of the NASW has interrogated the fundamental conflicts between legal...
Missing the Mark: CalAIM creates new barriers that prevent nursing home diversion/transition to assisted living [Opinion]
By Jason Bloome and John Amber When we spoke a few years ago with representatives at California Coordinated Care Managed...
OPINION: The passing of Proposition 22 and a possible role for social workers
by Brian Kaufman, LCSW Chair, NASW-CA Social Work Occupational Council One of the reasons I started the Social Work Occupational...
The Countdown Begins: California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (Cal AIM) will launch on January 1, 2022
By Jason Bloome After postponing it’s start due to COVID-19, California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) plans to implement...
A Rare Find: Very Few Good Secured Nursing Homes In California Have Available Beds For Low-Income Alzheimer’s Patients Who “Wander” (OPINION)
By Jason Bloome By 2050, more than 5 million Americans will be living with dementia and, of this group, 6...
OPINION: Bypassing the Waitlist: New COVID-19 Hotspot Protocols for the California Assisted Living Waiver (ALW)
By Jason Bloome On September 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medical Services allowed the California Department of Health...
OPINION: The Social Work and Law Enforcement Initiative At University of Southern California (USC) Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work
Editor's Note: NASW-CA takes a strong stance to dismantle racist policing and systems of oppression throughout California and beyond. We...
OPINION: The Meaning of Kamala Harris’s Ascendancy To The White House
“We, the people, have the power to build a better future.” – Let us UNITE! by Janaki Santhiveeran, Ph.D., Professor,...
