For more than 10 years, consumers in most private health plans have had the right to obtain an Independent Medical Review (IMR) of coverage denials. This Sacramento briefing highlights the potential for improvements.

The way health care is paid for is changing, and California health care stakeholders can help shape this transformation. This report looks at the state landscape, and some payment alternatives.

California's Independent Medical Review provides consumers a way to appeal health coverage denials. What lessons have been learned, and is change needed?

The federal Affordable Care Act will transform how Californians obtain health insurance. CHCF examines what the law means for the state, and the building blocks moving forward.

State health officials and foundations came together to help shape California's Medicaid waiver request. How effective was the process and what were the lessons learned?

Two reports find that, based on income eligibility, if California implements a Basic Health Program, turnover rates would be high, and average enrollment periods would be short.

Many details remain unclear on how California consumers and small businesses will obtain coverage under the Affordable Care Act. An analysis of draft federal regulations provides a look at what's ahead.

Hear preliminary findings about the health coverage enrollment experiences of Californians. Through a range of interviews and focus groups, researchers chronicled the perspectives of a cross-section of low-income Californians applying for insurance.

Four visions for the California Health Benefit Exchange see it leading premium reductions, putting consumers first, reforming care delivery and payment, and aligning with Medi-Cal.

Health reform includes ambitious experiments to improve coordination of care. This report examines whether California's regulatory framework can support new ACO models.

A policy analysis presents options for maintaining continuity of care for low-income Californians when people's incomes fluctuate. One proposal is to offer Medi-Cal plans, under specified conditions, through the Exchange.

In 2014, health reform will expand coverage for uninsured, low-income Californians and allow states to create a Basic Health Program alternative. A report looks at what it could cost.

This report identifies metrics to chart health reform's progress in California in the areas of health insurance coverage; affordability and comprehensiveness of coverage; and access to care.

California's dual health insurance regulatory structure contributes to consumer confusion, and government and insurance carrier administrative burdens. The major changes required by the federal ACA provide an opportunity to reexamine the regulatory system.

California has two agencies that regulate health insurance. In advance of major changes ahead under health reform, a report considers whether this dual structure is the most efficient approach.