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Financial Health

Financial Health of Community Clinics

November 2011

Community clinics, which serve California's neediest people, are growing in revenue, patients served, and staff. This CHCF Almanac report provides a checkup on clinics' financial health.

Accountable Care Organizations: Avoiding Pitfalls of the Past

December 2010

As ACOs become the new thing through health reform, read stories from the trenches by leaders who rode out waves of consolidation in the 1980s and '90s. Most of them did not succeed.

Success Under Duress: How Five Hospitals Thrive Despite Challenging Payer Mix

September 2010

Despite their challenging payer mix, a number of California’s safety-net hospitals have achieved robust financial success. To find out how, researchers conducted in-depth interviews with the leadership teams at five such institutions.

California Hospital Facts and Figures

April 2010

California's 512 acute care hospitals cared for 3 million inpatients and 42 million outpatients in 2007. This report examines these hospitals in terms of their bed supply and capacity, geographic distribution, ownership type, utilization, and financial health.

Briefing — California's Regional Health Care Markets: Themes, Variation, and Policy Implications

October 2009

This policy briefing explored a study of six California regional health care markets, focusing on details of the health care systems and issues that influence how Californians receive their health care.

Making Health Care Costs More Transparent to Consumers: A Summary for Policymakers

February 2008

Health care price information, to be most useful to consumers, should be tailored to a specific audience and include provider and treatment option comparisons. Read more recommendations in these two fact sheets.

Health Care on the California Ballot: An Historical Review

May 2007

This publication summarizes a report reviewing the health-related measures that have come before California voters in the past decade at both the state and county levels.