Far more patients with low incomes seek specialty care than there are specialists to help them. A physician describes one tonic for California's overtaxed specialty referral system.

Nowhere is the need to measure racial and ethnic health disparities greater than in California, one of the few states where people of color compose the majority of the population.

Progress requires the entire health care system to demonstrate leadership. Count on CHCF to be an active partner in this vital effort.

Five federal district courts have issued preliminary injunctions against the Trump administration’s public charge rule. The actions blocked a policy expected to reduce immigrants’ access to health care, burden safety-net providers, and jeopardize public health in immigrant communities.

Stories That Caught Our Attention: A growing number of podcasters are producing sophisticated audio storytelling about health policy and the health care system.

CHCF has a new guide that uses insights, exercises, and examples to help community health center professionals build more effective, longer-lasting partnerships with other organizations.

Veteran health care journalist Dan Gorenstein wants to demystify controversial health care issues by peeling back the political rhetoric that makes them so confusing.

Stories That Caught Our Attention: A landmark antitrust case that is playing out in San Francisco Superior Court will determine whether Sutter Health has exploited its market dominance in Northern California to squash competition and drive up health care prices.

The government sets another policy that will diminish immigrant communities’ access to health care and other essential services.

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Shifting to value-based payments could encourage Medi-Cal managed care plans to meet or exceed quality metrics.

On the eve of a trial over alleged anticompetitive practices by a California health care system, a new CHCF study traces the correlation between health industry consolidation and prices paid by consumers.

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Take a look at America's cesarean section capital to see how challenging it is to reduce surgical childbirth for low-risk, first-time mothers.

Over the last decade, California hasn't seen the level of quality improvement expected from Medi-Cal, one of the state's most important programs.

Stories That Caught Our Attention: President Trump's new interest in California’s homelessness crisis has state officials questioning why White House proposals neglect key drivers of the problem.

In 2018, health tech start-ups raised nearly $400 million in funding for technology investments related to behavioral health. In what areas are innovators making genuine progress?