This Almanac report provides an overview of mental health in California: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the correctional system, plus available data on spending and quality of care.
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CHCF Health Care Leadership Program

Providers
This two-year fellowship offers clinically trained health care professionals the experience and skills necessary for effective vision and leadership in the health care system. Applications are open through June 8, 2018.
CHCF Blog

New CHCF Investment Streamlines Care Coordination in the Safety Net

Melissa Buckley
Investing in Innovation, Providers
Health care providers cannot effectively coordinate a patient’s care without access to a shared set of accurate clinical information about that patient. That’s what Collective Medical aims to provide, and that’s why it has received the CHCF Health Innovation Fund’s latest program-related investment.
Publication

Intended Consequences: Modernizing Medi-Cal Rate Setting to Improve Health and Manage Costs

Manatt Health, Optumas Healthcare
Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing
The current Medi-Cal rate-setting methodology can hurt health plans that invest in initiatives that lower costs (such as care coordination), thereby discouraging more plans from making those investments. A new rate-setting methodology is needed.
CHCF Blog

For Better Outcomes and Significant Savings, Medi-Cal Must Pay Health Plans Differently

Christopher Perrone
Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing
California can strengthen its use of payment as a tool to drive performance improvements and create greater value in the Medi-Cal program, and to enhance care for Medi-Cal's more than 13 million members.
CHCF Blog

In Telehealth, a Window to Our Future Workforce

Rob Waters
Workforce, Behavioral Health
A growing number of medical visits in California are being conducted through telehealth or telemedicine technology, which enables providers to care for people who live far from medical specialists.
Collection

Key Impacts of the Affordable Care Act in California

ACA/Health Reform
On the eighth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, this collection brings together data products, blogs, and stories that highlight the impact of the law in California and across the country.
CHCF Blog

California’s Policy Options: Making Individual Market Coverage More Affordable

Laurel Lucia
ACA/Health Reform, Insurance Coverage
The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education has released a report detailing affordability concerns of Californians seeking individual market coverage. It also outlines five policy options that could move the state closer to universal coverage.
Publication

Understanding the Rules: Federal Legal Considerations for State-Based Approaches to Expand Coverage in California

Manatt Health
ACA/Health Reform, Insurance Coverage
California policymakers and other stakeholders are exploring state-based approaches to expand or improve coverage within the state. This paper illuminates federal legal issues that need to be considered under each approach.
CHCF Blog

Community Paramedicine Projects Continue to Deliver Big Benefits

Janet Coffman
Workforce
New evaluation shows that California's community paramedicine pilot projects have improved coordination between providers, reduced preventable treatment, and resulted in no adverse outcomes for patients.
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