Category: Policy Brief

California’s HIV Surveillance System: Ensuring that it Fully Reflects Caseload

Policy Brief California’s HIV Surveillance System: Ensuring that it Fully Reflects Caseload March 1, 2011 In order to develop a surveillance system for California that best serves public health needs and assures the state of obtaining its “fair share” of Ryan White funding, this policy brief recommends: 1) expanding outreach efforts; 2)erasing the distinct on …

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How Will Proposed Medi-Cal Cost Sharing Affect People Living With HIV in California?

Policy Brief How Will Proposed Medi-Cal Cost Sharing Affect People Living With HIV in California? March 1, 2011 California Gov. Brown proposed Medicaid co-payments that would impose significant financial barriers on the receipt of medical care by persons living with HIV (PLWH), who require substantial amounts of Medi-Cal care annually. This analysis quantifies those costs …

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Evaluating Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) for HIV Care

Policy Brief Evaluating Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) for HIV Care February 1, 2011 UCSF investigators are evaluating the effectiveness of Patient- Centered Medical Home (PCMH) demonstration projects, which were recently funded through a initiative from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP). This work is part of the APRC’s commitment to studying the effectiveness of innovative …

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How Can California Overcome Barriers to Expanding CARE/HIPP Enrollment?

Policy Brief How Can California Overcome Barriers to Expanding CARE/HIPP Enrollment? February 1, 2011 The Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency/Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (CARE/HIPP) subsidizes private insurance premiums for low income persons living with HIV (PLWH) who are disabled and unable to work. Many of these PLWH would otherwise be eligible to receive medication through …

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Understanding the implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV in California

Policy Brief Understanding the implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV in California January 1, 2011 Scientists announced the results of the iPrex trial in November 2010, showing that overall, a daily dose of Truvada, a combination of two oral antiretroviral drugs, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine, reduced HIV infection in a sample of …

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Assessing California’s Response to Federal Health Care Reform

Policy Brief Assessing California’s Response to Federal Health Care Reform December 1, 2010 California has amended a number of laws to be compliant with health care reform. Implication: Even if federal law were repealed or ruled unconstitutional, a number of regulatory rules from health care reform would remain in effect in California. DOWNLOAD Authors Northern …

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Costs and Benefits of Enhanced HIV Surveillance in California

Policy Brief Costs and Benefits of Enhanced HIV Surveillance in California July 1, 2010 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (RWCA) funding is provided to states to cover HIV medical care, treatment, and ancillary services for under-and un-insured persons with HIV and AIDS. California began names-based reporting of HIV (non-AIDS) cases in 2006, …

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