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Medicaid and CHIP innovation continues to accelerate, with California surfacing as a policy laboratory for multipayer primary care payment reform and bold operational redesigns for Medi-Cal. Over the past week, the California Health Care Foundation advanced proposals for a multipayer primary care payment reform model, an "any card, any provider" network unification strategy, and an "AI-First Medi-Cal" built around a health data utility—each aimed at streamlining administration, supporting integrated care, and enabling population health. Meanwhile, national dialogues centered on ACO LEAD and the operational pressures facing Medicaid directors highlight ongoing tensions between state budget constraints and the imperative to advance value-based payment models within Medicaid and CHIP, reinforcing the demand for scalable, tech-enabled solutions.

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