News Releases

L.A. Care Prioritizes Patients by Addressing the Prior Authorization Burden and Improving Efficiency in the Health Care System

Twenty-four percent of the medical codes from L.A. Care's Prior Authorization Matrix were removed to help avoid delays in member care and speed up discharge requests.

L.A. Care Recognized for Giving a $2 Million Lifeline to Catalina Island Health

The L.A. Care grant helped the only hospital and primary care clinic on Catalina Island stay open while the Catalina Island Health Foundation works to secure a permanent financial solution.

L.A. Care Expands Support for Members Experiencing Homelessness by Sending Social Workers to Temporary Housing Sites

The health plan is collaborating with Inside Safe, Pathway Home, and other programs to connect members to much-needed services more quickly.

L.A. Care Health Plan Commits $4.7 Million in New Round of Grants to Transform Medi-Cal

This latest round of grants brings L.A. Care's total commitment to this project to more than $20 million.

L.A. Care Joins L.A. County Roundtable on Innovations in Medi-Cal

Chief Medical Officer Sameer Amin, MD, outlined the health plan's efforts to help unhoused members.

L.A. Care Awards Eight New Medical School Scholarships to Students from Underrepresented Communities

The latest Elevating the Safety Net scholarships are worth nearly $428,000 each and this brings the total number of L.A. Care Scholars to 56.

L.A. Care and Blue Shield Promise Community Resource Centers to Distribute 18,000 Backpacks with School Supplies to Students of All Ages at Annual Back-to-School Events

Nearly 99,000 free backpacks will have been given away at annual events since the start of the health plans’ five-year partnership in 2019LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of…

L.A. Care Announces Awards Totaling $425,000 to Address Systemic Racism and its Impact on Communities

L.A. Care is awarding grants to three organizations that will work to support the health care safety net, improve health disparities, and address systemic racism.

L.A. Care Senior Director of Strategic Planning Joins Panel at a Women’s Leadership Symposium

The Los Angeles Business Journal is hosting its 2024 Women’s Leadership Symposium & Awards this week, and Wendy Schiffer, the Senior Director of Strategic Planning at L.A. Care Health Plan, will…

Two L.A. Care Leaders to Join Prestigious National Panel on Managing Regulatory Upheaval in Health Care

Acacia Reed and Todd Gower will join the discussion on one of the most highly regulated industries in the country, with frequent state and federal changes.