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Aligning Health Cost Growth with Economic Growth Would Save Californians Billions

April 6, 2021
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs
California policymakers are turning their attention to a public health crisis that has bedeviled the state for decades: unjustifiably high and rising health care costs.
CHCF Blog

Hospitals Slow to Comply with New Price Transparency Rule

April 5, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Health Care Costs
Stories That Caught Our Attention: US hospitals have been slow to comply with the disclosure regime that was implemented on January 1.
CHCF Blog

Street Medicine Programs Improvise to Meet Shifting Challenges

March 30, 2021
Rob Waters
Homelessness & Health Care
Using approaches tailored to local needs and resources, mobile teams provide humane care to unhoused people in cities and counties across California.
Project

Advancing Black Health Equity

Health Equity, Workforce
CHCF is working with partners to understand the health care experiences of Black Californians and to reform the system to be more responsive to and effective at meeting their needs.
Publication

Homelessness and Health Care: Lessons and Policy Considerations from the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 2021
Center for Health Care Strategies
Homelessness & Health Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained communities and health care systems across the country. Among the challenges: how to best meet the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness. This brief, part of a series by the Center for Health Care Strategies, synthesizes innovative approaches and key lessons for supporting the health care needs of Californians experiencing homelessness during COVID-19.
Publication

2021 Edition — Health Care Costs 101

March 2021
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
This quick reference guide provides an overview of US health care spending in 2019.
External Resource

Letter to Governor: Trusted Messengers Key to ‘Vaccine Equity for All’

March 2021
On March 16, 2021, CHCF, along with The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, and Blue Shield of California Foundation, asked Governor Gavin Newsom to assure that FQHCs and nonprofit community-based organizations led by people of color be prioritized for receiving federal funding from the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act. These foundations have been part of a $30 million philanthropic effort to support COVID-19 education, outreach, and engagement to the most impacted communities. Read the full letter (PDF).
Publication

Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health

March 2021
Common Sense
Behavioral Health
As the COVID-19 pandemic has worn on, teens and young adults report growing levels of depression, stress, and anxiety. CHCF partnered with Common Sense and Hopelab to better understand how young people have used social media and digital health tools to take care of their mental health during the pandemic.
Publication

State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

March 2021
Manatt Health
Expanding Health Coverage
This issue brief outlines some of the problems states are addressing with their public option proposals, reports the proposals’ current status, categorizes public option proposals into archetypes, and identifies issues for California policymakers as they explore a state-based public option.
Collection

Recontracting Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans

Medi-Cal
In 2021 the California Department of Health Care Services will begin the process of recontracting with Medi-Cal managed care plans (often referred to as procurement). It's a critical opportunity to use new financial incentives and oversight measures to improve quality and access to care for Medi-Cal members.
Project

Delta Center California: Fostering Collaboration and Collective Action for Better Care

Behavioral Health
Delta Center California brings together behavioral health and primary care leaders across California to advance behavioral health integration. Local teams are invited to apply to a funded learning lab.
Collection

2020 Edition — Health Care Almanac Regional Markets Study

The markets included in the 2020 release — Central Valley, Humboldt/Del Norte, Los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino, Sacramento, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area — reflect a range of economic, demographic, care delivery, and financing conditions in California.
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