Publications

2013 Edition — California Hospitals

Lisa Maiuro, Bret Corzine

This Almanac report, California Hospitals: Buildings, Beds, and Business, looks at the state of California's general acute care hospitals in 2010. It examines bed supply and capacity, use of services, financial health, and selected quality measures.

2013 Edition — California’s Health Care Safety Net

Trisha McMahon, Matthew Newman

The health care safety net is a patchwork of programs and providers that serve low-income Californians without private health insurance. This report provides a snapshot of California’s safety net at a critical juncture ahead of the full implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in 2014.

2010 Edition — California’s Health Care Safety Net

Trisha McMahon, Matthew Newman

The health care safety net is a term that describes the intersection of three loosely coordinated, continuously evolving components: public health care programs, health care providers, and the population of low-income uninsured with unmet medical needs. This report provides a snapshot of California’s health care safety net on the eve of what will likely be a decade of fundamental transformation.

2015 Edition — California Health Insurers

Katherine Wilson

Insurance Coverage

This Almanac report provides a snapshot of the health insurance market in California at the end of 2013, just before the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect.

Jan. 2016 Edition — California Health Insurance Enrollment

Katherine Wilson

Insurance Coverage

This quick reference guide summarizes health insurance enrollment in California in 2014. See enrollment data by regulator, market, product type, and insurer.

Sept. 2016 Edition — California Health Insurance Enrollment

Katherine Wilson

Insurance Coverage

This quick reference guide provides a picture of health insurance enrollment in California in 2015. See enrollment data by regulator, market, product type, and insurer.

2013 Edition — California Health Plans and Insurers

Katherine Wilson

Insurance Coverage

The insurance market in California is set to undergo enormous changes when the Affordable Care Act takes full effect in 2014 and millions of residents become eligible for public insurance or subsidies for private insurance. This report provides a performance baseline for health plans and insurers before the law begins to influence the marketplace.

Behavioral Health Integration in Medi-Cal: A Blueprint for California

Logan Kelly, Allison Hamblin, Stephen Kaplan

Behavioral Health

People in Medi-Cal with complex behavioral and physical health needs face a fragmented system that is challenging to navigate. This paper offers recommendations to build an integrated system of care in Medi-Cal, bringing together physical health, mental health, and substance use services to treat the whole person.

Plan Choice for Covered California Consumers, 2017–2019

Katherine Wilson

Insurance Coverage

In 2019 plan choice on Covered California remained stable. Similar to 2018, 4% of enrollees in 2019 had only one health plan (meaning only one insurer) to choose from. Ninety six percent had at least two, and 81% had at least three. The majority of enrollees who had only a single choice continued to live primarily in Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Making Quality Matter in Medi-Cal Managed Care

Bailit Health Purchasing

This report describes approaches many states are taking to use financial incentives with Medicaid managed care plans to accelerate quality improvements. There is an opportunity to build on current quality improvement efforts in Medi-Cal managed care, led by the California Department of Health Care Services, through financial incentives.

Accelerating Change: Community-Based Palliative Care in Public Hospitals

Monique Parrish

Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care

This paper describes CHCF's efforts to implement and expand community-based palliative care in one of the places where it's needed most: California's public hospitals.

2019 Edition — Medi-Cal Facts and Figures

Len Finocchio, Matthew Newman, Eunice Roh, Blue Sky Consulting Group

Medi-Cal, Insurance Coverage

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for low-income Californians, including children, people with disabilities, seniors, and low-income adults. Get the latest data on this program, which covers one in three Californians.

Medi-Cal and Behavioral Health Services

Health Management Associates

Medi-Cal, Behavioral Health

This fact sheet provides a high-level overview of how mental and behavioral health issues are managed in the Medi-Cal program.

Medi-Cal Payment to Managed Care Plans: Current Process and Challenges

Health Management Associates, Athena Chapman, Chapman Consulting

This fact sheet provides an overview of Medi-Cal managed care plans and how they are structured.

The Medi-Cal Program: An Overview

Margaret Tatar, Health Management Associates, Athena Chapman, Chapman Consulting

This publication offers an overview of the Medi-Cal program, which provides health coverage in California for low-income children and their parents, pregnant women, seniors, and nonelderly adults, including people with disabilities.