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  • Doctor and patient have a freindly conversation in a clinic.
    Feature Story

    Small Practices, Big Promise

    How independently owned primary care practices in LA County can help move California closer to equitable care.

    •Health Equity, Medi-Cal
  • House made of four brighly colored puzzle pieces next to a stethoscope
    Tool

    Housing-Related Community Supports Implementation Tools

    Housing-related Community Supports are Medi-Cal/CalAIM services that help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access and maintain stable housing. Read about these CHCF-funded tools.

    •Homelessness, Medi-Cal
  • Group of people sitting in a circle smiling and claping
    External Resource

    Measures That Matter

    Behavioral health systems often track what’s easy to measure, not what matters most to people with serious mental illness. Aligning metrics with real priorities has the power to transform care.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Piggy bank with stethoscope draped around it.
    Report

    National Health Spending Almanac — 2025 Edition

    National health care spending totaled $4.9 trillion in 2023. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

    •Facts and Data
  • California Counties Map with Doctors and Patients
    Report

    The Crucial Role of Counties in the Health of Californians

    Learn about the role of California counties in administering health care, behavioral health, and public health services

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal
  • Sandra R. Hernández President & Chief Executive Officer
    Expert Perspective

    ‘Back to the Future’: Defending Care in a New Era 

    CEO Sandra R. Hernández discusses how California can lean on past lessons and future innovation to survive a changing health care landscape.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability, Health Equity, Health Insurance Coverage, Medi-Cal, Technology and Innovation
  • Report

    San Joaquin Valley — Regional Market Report 2025

    San Joaquin Valley is one of seven markets included in the 2025 Regional Market Report, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time. 

    •Facts and Data, Health Insurance Coverage
  • Report

    California Health Insurers, Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition

    This California Health Care Almanac quick reference guide shows enrollment by regulator, market, and insurer. A companion data file contains California enrollment for 2012 to 2023.

    •Facts and Data
  • Illustration of a person pulling a string out of a tangled ball
    Expert Perspective

    Health Care Is Too Complicated. It Doesn’t Need to Be.

    For the sake of patients, providers, and the future of California, it’s time to simplify the health care system.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability, Technology and Innovation
  • Inside CHCF

    Our Top 10 Reads of 2025

    CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.

  • Woman working on a laptop in an office.
    Tool

    Considerations for Medicare Billing in Federally Qualified Health Centers

    This guide supports FQHCs in navigating Medicare’s billing requirements and offers practical strategies for improving contracting, operations, and billing.

    •Medi-Cal, Older Adults
  • Feature Story

    Community Health Centers Expand Focus on Older Adults to Meet Growing Demand

    California’s health centers are figuring out smart ways to keep caring for people even after they reach Medicare age.

    •Older Adults, Primary Care
  • nurses talking in a meeting
    Feature Story

    Sustaining California’s Health Workforce through Trauma-Informed Organizations

    Without a trauma-informed approach, health organizations risk perpetuating harm, eroding organizational culture and trust, and losing the very workforce necessary to advance access to quality care.

    •Health Workforce
  • Mother and child in Dr. office with physician
    Expert Perspective

    A Systemic Attack on Health: Why the New Public Charge Rule Endangers California

    CHCF stands with Californians opposing this harmful immigrant health policy and urges stakeholders to submit public comments.

    •Health Equity, Health Insurance Coverage, Medi-Cal
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    Tool

    Blueprint for Sobering Care in California: Implementation Guide

    Sobering centers provide a safe, short-term alternative to emergency departments and jails for people experiencing acute intoxication from alcohol or other drugs. This resource guide supports the development, implementation, and sustaining of sobering centers in California.

    •Behavioral Health