This Issue Brief updates prior estimates of utilization, costs, and revenue in California hospitals through the end of 2022.

One commonly used approach for identifying people with complex needs is analyzing health care utilization data. Yet this approach risks missing people with high needs who may not use services. In this short paper, the authors summarize insights from experts around the country who are developing alternative strategies to identify people with high needs.

The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) interviewed 73 Californians with low incomes to better understand their experiences with telehealth. Many commonalities in experiences and future preferences for telehealth emerged from this research. Among the findings were that Californians want telehealth to be part of their future health care, and they want a choice in the type of visit (in-person, phone, video).

This publication offers key findings from the Listening to Black Californians study on the experiences of Black women with Medi-Cal coverage, who are more likely to report negative experiences and discrimination in the health care system than Black Californians overall.

In this report, the authors survey the current landscape of organizations to help plans navigate the emerging market for Community Supports. The analysis considers a range of large regional nonprofits, smaller venture-backed companies, and a few organizations that provide adjacent or enabling services.

In 2022, 64% of firms in California offered health benefits to at least some of their employees. Premium costs are typically shared between employers and workers. This report presents data compiled from the 2022 KKF Employer Health Benefits Survey.

We cannot achieve health equity for Black patients without expanding the Black physician workforce, and the nation’s medical institutions are not achieving that goal.