United Health Centers

86,000+ Undocumented Californians Dropped or Denied Medi-Cal in Jan-Feb 2026 — First Hard Numbers Since UIS Freeze

KVPR / Public Health Watch published the first sector-wide enrollment numbers since California's UIS (Undocumented Income-Sensitive) freeze took effect: 86,000+ immigrants without…

May Revise: ~2M UIS Medi-Cal Members Transition From Managed Care to Fee-for-Service Jan 1, 2027 — Separate From the Later-Delayed State-Only PPS Cut

Governor Newsom's May 14 May Revise proposed transitioning approximately 2 million Medi-Cal members with Unsatisfactory Immigration Status (UIS) from managed care to fee-for-servi…

Fresno County Faces $241M Indigent Care Cost Shift + $300M Budget Hole — Central Valley FQHC Catchment Most Exposed in CA

Fresno County is projected to face a $241M indigent care cost shift as 11,000–30,000 residents lose Medi-Cal coverage under H.R. 1 work mandates and 6-month redeterminations — lan…

Kern County Public Health Lays Off 27 Staff, Shafter Clinic Confirmed Closed — Clinica Sierra Vista Absorbs Uncompensated Demand

Kern County Department of Public Health laid off 27 staff and shut down its Shafter public health clinic. CDC funding streams halted March 24, 2026 — early termination of grants s…

United Health Centers' Unified Physicians Network (UPN) Manages 200K Central Valley Patients — IPA Model Reduces Specialty Wait From Months to Weeks

United Health Centers' IPA-style sub-delegation model now manages 200,000 Central Valley patients (155,000 Medi-Cal, 10,000 Medicare Advantage) through Unified Physicians Network …

Community Medical Centers (Fresno) + Blue Shield Standoff Hits Month 3 — 5,000+ City Workers + Tens of Thousands of Patients Caught

California's 5th-largest hospital system, Community Health System (Fresno-based), entered month 3 out-of-network with Blue Shield CA on April 1, 2026, with no resolution deadline …

'I Feel Helpless Sometimes': A San Joaquin Valley FQHC Confronts the July 1 Medi-Cal Dental Cut

At Altura Centers for Health, a San Joaquin Valley FQHC, physician assistant Cristina Rodriguez describes the human cost of California's proposed rollback of full-scope Medi-Cal d…

Berkeley Research Group: SEIU 90% Spending Mandate Would Redirect $1.7B from FQHCs, Push Two-Thirds into Deficits

A Berkeley Research Group study commissioned by Protect Patients CA finds the SEIU-UHW 90% mission-spend ballot measure would redirect $1.7 billion from community health centers a…