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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Any Card, Any Provider: Unifying Networks and Administration

This proposal suggests restructuring Medi-Cal so that any credentialed provider could treat any Medi-Cal patient, regardless of plan assignment, through a single statewide provider network.

April 10, 2026

•Medi-Cal
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — AI-Powered Advocates for Medi-Cal

This proposal suggests creating an AI “app store” for Medi-Cal — one where members choose to work with AI Advocates that proactively respond to rising risk levels and initiate outreach, navigation, and enrollment.

April 10, 2026

•AI, Medi-Cal
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Partially Unified Financing: Covered California for Most

This proposal suggests transitioning most Californians — including many currently enrolled in Medi-Cal — into Covered California plans. The model aims to create a more continuous and equitable coverage system.

April 10, 2026

•Consumer Affordability, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Multipayer Primary Care Payment Reform Model

This proposal outlines a unified primary care payment model across Medi-Cal, CalPERS, and Covered California.

April 10, 2026

•Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — In-Home Supportive Services Integration into Managed Care

This proposal suggests integrating In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) into Medi-Cal managed care to improve care coordination and oversight while preserving recipient self-direction.

April 10, 2026

•Home and Community-Based Services, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Consideration of a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

This proposal explores a shift from open-ended federal matching funds to a per capita cap model for Medicaid, examining how this approach could offer California greater policy flexibility and budget predictability.

April 10, 2026

•Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Payment and Financing
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Six Bold Ideas for the Future of Medi-Cal

Six proposals explore how Medi-Cal could strengthen coverage, financing, and care delivery in the decade ahead.

April 09, 2026

•Medi-Cal
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Our Top 10 Reads of 2025

CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.

December 11, 2025
CHCF News

Ninez Ponce, Renowned Health Researcher and Data Expert, to Join CHCF Board

Throughout her career, the UCLA professor has focused on promoting data equity to better address health disparities.

November 13, 2025

•Racial Health Equity
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Making Flu Vaccinations Easy: SCAN Health Plan’s Tactics to Reduce Racial Disparities

Through a multi-channel approach and partnerships with community organizations, SCAN plans not only to minimize disparities in flu vaccination for their members in Los Angeles, but also to engage members year-round and establish themselves as a trusted voice for health…

December 15, 2023

•Black Health Equity, Racial Health Equity
CHCF News

How Community Voices Can Strengthen Health Workforce Strategies

Learn how organizations can recruit more widely, leverage community partnerships, and improve staff retention.

October 31, 2023

•Education and Training, Health Workforce
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Equitable Co-Design in Health Care: How to Incorporate Community Voices to Impact Systems

Learn about three interventions to help health systems and community-based groups address the social drivers of health and bring about meaningful structural change in this CIN summary.

April 08, 2023

•Racial Health Equity
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Planning for the Inevitable: Succession Planning for Senior Leaders

Learn about the three phases for how organizations can think strategically when key personnel transition out of their role: preparation; search and selection for the new executive; and onboarding and ongoing support.

April 01, 2023

•Health Workforce
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Perspective: Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity

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.

February 17, 2023

•Racial Health Equity
Expert Perspective

Learning from the History of Statewide Health Data Exchange in California

Regional and statewide efforts to implement a health information exchange (HIE) in California have evolved significantly over the years. This Q&A with a national expert provides answers to critical questions that policymakers and other stakeholders can consider to reform HIE…

July 19, 2021

•Data Exchange, Technology and Innovation

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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Any Card, Any Provider: Unifying Networks and Administration

Medi-Cal Bold Idea — AI-Powered Advocates for Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Partially Unified Financing: Covered California for Most

Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Multipayer Primary Care Payment Reform Model

Medi-Cal Bold Idea — In-Home Supportive Services Integration into Managed Care

Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Consideration of a Medicaid Per Capita Cap

Six Bold Ideas for the Future of Medi-Cal

Our Top 10 Reads of 2025

Ninez Ponce, Renowned Health Researcher and Data Expert, to Join CHCF Board

Making Flu Vaccinations Easy: SCAN Health Plan’s Tactics to Reduce Racial Disparities

How Community Voices Can Strengthen Health Workforce Strategies

Equitable Co-Design in Health Care: How to Incorporate Community Voices to Impact Systems

Planning for the Inevitable: Succession Planning for Senior Leaders

Perspective: Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity

Learning from the History of Statewide Health Data Exchange in California

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