A new Medi-Cal benefit called Enhanced Care Management is designed to improve coordination and access to care for children with complex health and social needs. Enrollment in the benefit has grown ...

On West Line Street, in the heart of Bishop, sits a business that has, over the last year, quietly begun to transform this area’s access to mental health services. For years, this corner of the rural ...

A link between intimate violence and unintended pregnancy and STDs may help clinicians identify patients suffering from abuse. Dr. Elizabeth Miller, a UC Davis professor and researcher, has completed ...

San Jose pediatrician Daniel Delgado has a big problem. His young patients – all from low-income families – are overweight or obese and in danger of developing diabetes. Many don’t have access to the ...

Into the void left by a health care system that doesn’t offer sufficient translation services and an economy that demands grueling labor from low-wage workers, Punjabi residents in Fresno have created ...

California is experiencing a worsening shortage of doctors in rural and low-income communities, in part because of decades-old laws that no longer serve our needs. I have worked as a “country doctor” ...

Several years ago, I was talking with a consultant hired by my workplace to evaluate our diversity, equity and inclusion policies. I offhandedly mentioned that many people I knew in my personal life ...

My son spent most of the first year of his life in the hospital. During that time, he racked up more than $1 million in medical bills. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act — the landmark health reform ...

Residents of the remote Bishop, California, in the Eastern Sierra, must travel more than 200 miles to access in-clinic abortion services. Photos by Lauren DeLaunay Miller Two years ago, California ...

As a victim advocate and survivor of domestic violence, I have had the privilege of learning about and applying the principles of restorative justice in my own life. My journey began 11 years after ...