Healthcare Innovation March 25, 2025
The Population Health Investments (PopHI) program will use funds that Covered California has recouped through its health-plan accountability program
Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, has launched an initiative that will reinvest millions of dollars collected from underperforming health plans back into its enrollees through programs designed to benefit their wellness.
The Population Health Investments (PopHI) program will use funds that Covered California has recouped through a health-plan accountability program. As a California Health Care Foundation report noted, the available money — which totaled about $15 million in 2024 — is “the byproduct of Covered California’s new Quality Transformation Initiative (QTI). It requires insurers selling health plans on the exchange to meet minimum quality and equity benchmarks for high...