California pilots targeting vulnerable overcame obstacles early in pandemic.

Pilot efforts to improve care coordination for California Medi‐Cal beneficiaries with historically poor health outcomes, including many individuals with serious mental illness, appear to have weathered the initial challenges associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic. A report released this month by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research states that by the end of 2020, specialty and primary care services for these populations had returned to pre‐pandemic levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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