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Hospitals, clinics and CMSP warn of funding shocks from HR1 and federal grant changes
Summary
Local hospitals, clinics and the County Medical Services Program told supervisors the state/federal policy shifts could reduce Medi‑Cal funding, risk reimbursement declines, and—in at least one case—have already caused abrupt federal grant terminations impacting local substance use treatment.
Representatives from Adventist Health, Mendocino Coast Clinics and Partnership Health Plan briefed the board on emerging state and federal budget pressures and their potential local effects.
Lucretia Renteria, executive director of Mendocino Coast Clinics, said that in late‑night notifications the clinic learned a SAMHSA grant supporting medication‑assisted treatment (Suboxone) was terminated, affecting roughly 150 patients and costing approximately $400,000 per year in lost support. "They just said ... this is your last day," Renteria said in the presentation; she said the…
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