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A thousand flowers bloom? A discussion about social care policy and practice decisions with California leaders

Babaria P, Basu S, Soni M, Francis D.

 

The closing plenary discussion at the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the science of social care, occurred on February 4, 2025 and featured a conversation with health and social care leaders Damon Francis, Monica Soni, Palav Babaria, and Sanjay Basu. Speakers explored multiple social care initiatives being taken to scale and offered their insights about how to navigate this work within a rapidly changing federal policy landscape. 

Palav Babaria, MD, MHS, Chief Quality and Medical Officer and Deputy Director of Quality and Population Health Management California Department of Health Care Services 
Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD, Co-Founder, Head of Clinical, Waymark 
Monica Soni, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Covered California 
Moderator: Damon Francis, MD, Medical Director Homeless Health Center, Alameda Health System 


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Babaria P, Basu S, Soni M, Francis D. A thousand flowers bloom? A discussion about social care policy and practice decisions with California leaders. February 4, 2025. Presented at the SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting. San Diego, CA. Available online.

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