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California Health Care Market Report

Allan Baumgarten

March 2007

Based on public research data and numerous interviews with key health care leaders, the annual California Health Care Market Report from 2006 describes significant trends in the largest health care market in the nation. The report, then in its fifth edition, finds that health care organizations in California faced formidable challenges that cut to the core of how health care and health benefits are organized, financed, and delivered.

Among the major trends and findings outlined in the 2006 study are:

• The migration away from HMOs continued, putting pressure on physician organizations;
• Economic power was shifting from hospitals back to health plans;
• Hospitals were spending major funds on new construction;
• Kaiser Permanente was expanding;
• Consumer protections were increasingly an issue as new products, with greater cost sharing, were introduced;
• Purchasers were demanding value and health plans wanted transparency; and
• Methods for covering the uninsured and the underinsured continued to be a challenge.

The report also examines heath care access, the role of safety net providers, and important initiatives by purchasers, provider systems, and health plans. One section of the analysis focuses on hospital systems and physician organizations in the largest regional sub-markets of the state: San Francisco, Sacramento, Central Valley, Los Angeles/Orange Counties, Inland Empire, and San Diego/Imperial Counties.

The full report is available under Document Downloads below. In addition, past years' editions of this report (formerly known as California Managed Care Review) are available.

Document Downloads

California Health Care Market Report 2006 (1.878MB)

California Health Care Market Report 2005 (1.793MB)

California Health Care Market Report 2004 (1.293MB)

California Managed Care Review 2002 (725K)

California Managed Care Review 2001 (602K)

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Press Release 9/22/05

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