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Findings from CHCF’s San Francisco Bay Area Regional Market Report
Join us for a webinar that explores what the newest regional data reveal about population health trends in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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San Francisco Bay Area — Regional Market Report 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of seven markets included in the 2026 Regional Markets Study, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time.
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Listening to Californians with Complex Needs
Learn about the first-hand experiences of Californians with complex health and social needs as they seek care. Read the full report and its fact sheets from EVITARUS.
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‘This Place Saved My Life.’ Medically Frail Unhoused People Find Home in New Care Model
Cardea Health has converted an Oakland motel into housing for people who are medically frail and experiencing homelessness.
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CalAIM Experiences: Bay Area Implementers
Learn how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding in the Bay Area in this survey of people who work at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social services organizations.
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Webinar ― Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Bay Area Findings
Learn from researchers who interviewed Medi-Cal enrollees with complex needs about the type of care and support the enrollees say they want to live healthy lives.
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Lessons from the Field: How an Ad Hoc Stakeholder Network Is Helping Redefine Medical Respite Care in Los Angeles
This case study describes how a local network of providers, hospitals, and plans in Los Angeles began working together to identify and overcome barriers to provide recuperative care to people who are unhoused.
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Improving Behavioral Health Systems Through Operational Integration: Efforts in San Mateo County
In San Mateo County, the Medi-Cal managed care plan and the behavioral health plan are working together to streamline operational functions to better manage resources and improve member care.
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Webinar — Findings from CHCF’s San Francisco Bay Area Regional Market Study
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…
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San Francisco Bay Area: Regional Health Systems Vie for Market Share
Over the last 20 years, the Bay Area health care market has consolidated, leaving four dominant systems — Kaiser, Sutter Health, UCSF Health, and Stanford Health Care. At the same time, smaller systems, such as John Muir Health and El…
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Bed Check: Inpatient Psychiatric Care in Three California Counties
In June 2018, San Diego’s Tri-City Medical Center announced it would eliminate 30 inpatient psychiatric beds. This closure is part of a 25-year reduction in California’s supply of inpatient psychiatric beds, during a time when demand for mental health care…
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Leaning in to Succeed in Public Hospitals
In this issue brief, two Bay Area health care leaders describe the successes and challenges that came with adopting Lean methodologies in their hospitals.










