UCHealth presents strategic plan as budget tightens, highlights Medicaid, ambulatory access and partnerships

Executive Vice President David Rubin told the University of California Health Services Committee that UCHealth is moving forward with a five‑pillar strategic plan while absorbing budget pressures and payment risks from Medicaid and Medicare.

Rubin, who introduced the plan at the committee meeting, said the strategy focuses on federal and state engagement, network development, ambulatory access and experience, population‑health data and innovation, and systemwide governance. "We submitted a budget that is down over 6% from last year," Rubin said, adding that the system is absorbing mandatory staff cost increases and reallocating funds to priority initiatives.

The plan, Rubin said, includes creating an office of strategic partnerships to coordinate Medi‑Cal and Medicare strategy and building systemwide…