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One-e-App is a Web-based system designed to screen and enroll applicants in multiple publicly funded health programs through a single application. It is built on the successful Health-e-App application platform and is uniquely managed by local communities.

Seven percent of Medi-Cal beneficiaries accounted for more than three-quarters of fee-for-service program expenditures in fiscal year 2008. This snapshot profiles this small but expensive population and uses the findings to make recommendations for better controlling costs to slow spending growth.

This report uses data from a Medical Board of California survey to measure physician participation in the Medi-Cal program and examine differences across specialties and regions. It finds that low participation rates are a continuing problem and discusses the implications for low-income patients.

This Health Affairs article by Pourat and Finocchio finds that children with public insurance, especially Latinos and African Americans, visit the dentist less often than those with private insurance.

Signed into law in March, the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) will transform the way Californians obtain and pay for health insurance. CHCF has published a variety of materials assessing the legislation's impact on the state and individual consumers.

This report assesses the progress in implementing HITECH and looks at the actions Congress and the Obama Administration should take to jump-start the adoption of health IT in the health care industry.

This overview documents the difficulties faced by beneficiaries in California's Medicaid dental program. It highlights key trends and statistics ranging from utilization to expenditures.

This briefing examined the differences in Medi-Cal physician participation across specialties and geographic regions. Presenters Kevin Grumbach and Chris Perrone discussed new survey data from the Medical Board of California.

This issue brief provides an overview of the Medi-Cal outpatient prescription drug benefit program, summarizes the impact of Medicare Part D on drug utilization and spending by Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and considers Medi-Cal's approaches to managing drug costs.

This snapshot provides an overview of the uninsured in California, including data on likelihood of being uninsured by employer size and type, family income, eligibility for public programs, age, ethnicity, and citizenship.

Revealing facts, figures, and trends on subjects ranging from bed supply to payment sources, this report provides an overview of issues shaping long term care in California and the nation.

This presentation of facts, figures, and trends provides an overview of California's public and private children's health insurance programs and where they may be headed.

This issue brief reviews federal requirements for health care-related provider fees and taxes and examines California's experience with provider fees under Medi-Cal.

This issue brief compares California's waiver to the 1115 waivers of two states with innovative and more comprehensive waivers: Massachusetts and New York.

This issue brief explores the evolution of Medicaid provider payment rate lawsuits and the lessons they provide for the future of Medi-Cal rate setting, as well as their implications for the direction of equal access litigation.