Since 2016, California has expanded Medi-Cal eligibility to include kids and young adults from low-income households, regardless of immigration status. Now the state has a golden opportunity to finish that job.
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CHCF Blog

Early Data Show Overdose Deaths and Substance Use Rose During Pandemic

May 10, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Behavioral Health
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Recent data on overdose deaths and substance use paint a grim picture of what the COVID-19 pandemic year has been like for people who are predisposed to substance use.
Publication

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Providers

April 2021
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, home health care, and hospice.
CHCF Blog

Ending Phone Visits Would Be a Setback for Patients with Low Incomes

April 30, 2021
Christopher Perrone
Telehealth, Health Equity
The director of CHCF's Improving Access team says we should build on what is working well to improve access to care, especially for those whose needs have historically not been well served by the health care system.
Publication

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

May 2021
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.
Publication

CalAIM and Health Data Sharing

May 2021
Manatt Health
Data Exchange, Medi-Cal
The California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program seeks to enhance information exchanged among managed care plans, providers, and county agencies. Learn more in this report, CalAIM and Health Data Sharing: A Road Map for Effective Implementation of Enhanced Care Management and In Lieu of Services.
Publication

Health Workforce Strategies for California

April 2021
Mathematica
Workforce
This report reviews the evidence about the impact of key health workforce policy interventions in California, including pipeline programs, scholarship programs, loan repayment programs, funding of graduate-level health profession training programs, and residency funding.
May 18, 2021

Webinar — Findings from CHCF’s San Francisco Bay Area Regional Market Study

May 18, 2021
Hear from local health care leaders about efforts to improve behavioral health care in the safety net, how the region’s high health care costs and competition among large systems prompt interest in population health management, and the expansion of Federally Qualified Health Centers.
CHCF Blog

Diane Guerrero Wants You to Know It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

March 16, 2021
Xenia Shih Bion
Behavioral Health, Health Equity
The noted actor is using her new podcast to ease the shame and stigma that can follow traumatic events and mental health issues.
CHCF Blog

A Golden Opportunity to Narrow California’s Racial Health Disparities

April 12, 2021
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board
Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing
The state now has a rare opportunity to force health insurers to do more to improve the care that people with low incomes receive through Medi-Cal.
Publication

Meeting the Moment: Strengthening Managed Care’s Capacity to Serve California’s Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

April 2021
Center for Health Care Strategies, Chapman Consulting
This issue brief highlights challenges and opportunities to improve care for Medi-Cal Seniors and Persons with Disabilities under the state's CalAIM initiative.
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.
CHCF Blog

Undocumented Projected to Remain California’s Largest Group of Uninsured in 2022

April 13, 2021
Miranda Dietz, Laurel Lucia, Srikanth Kadiyala, Tynan Challenor, Annie Rak, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski
Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
Even after the American Rescue Plan increases premium subsidies for health insurance purchased through Covered California, large inequities remain in who has access to affordable coverage.
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