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          The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.

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    Medi-Cal in the H.R. 1 Era: Resources for the Field

    Understand the Medi-Cal HR1 changes and their effects on California’s Medicaid program. See updates on upcoming policy shifts.

    June 01, 2026

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    Conducting a Needs and Assets Assessment for Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness

    Adults 50+ are the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness. This toolkit helps communities assess needs, map assets, and build equity-centered strategies to improve health outcomes.

    March 10, 2026

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    Housing-Related Community Supports Implementation Tools

    Housing-related Community Supports are Medi-Cal/CalAIM services that help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access and maintain stable housing. Read about these CHCF-funded tools.

    January 09, 2026

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    Considerations for Medicare Billing in Federally Qualified Health Centers

    This guide supports FQHCs in navigating Medicare’s billing requirements and offers practical strategies for improving contracting, operations, and billing.

    December 09, 2025

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    Blueprint for Sobering Care in California: Implementation Guide

    Sobering centers provide a safe, short-term alternative to emergency departments and jails for people experiencing acute intoxication from alcohol or other drugs. This resource guide supports the development, implementation, and sustaining of sobering centers in California.

    November 26, 2025

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    How Health Plans Can Improve the Medi-Cal Experience for Members with Complex Needs

    This step-by-step guide offers tips to managed care plans to craft member engagement strategies in developing and implementing successful programs.

    October 13, 2025

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    Maternity Workforce Insights

    This series of conversations takes a look at the critical roles of doulas, lactation professionals, mental health professionals, and midwives.

    February 13, 2025

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    Listening to Community Voices: A Health Plan’s Approach to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternity Care

    Through a structured process with providers, health plan members, and CBOs, Molina Healthcare identified three lessons that might help other organizations collaborating with communities on reducing racial disparities in maternal health care.

    February 05, 2025

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    Controlling Health Care Costs

    Health care is too expensive for many Californians. CHCF offers these resources that detail where health spending happens, why health care costs are increasing so rapidly, and what policymakers could consider to improve value in the system.

    January 01, 2025

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    Evaluating Innovations in Medicaid

    This Evaluation Toolkit is designed for founders of digital health companies whose products aim to improve health outcomes or promote health equity.

    December 11, 2024

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    Playbook for Complex Discharges

    This playbook helps managed care plans, hospitals, and nursing homes manage complex patient discharges, offering strategies to use Medi-Cal benefits and services to improve patient outcomes.

    October 18, 2024

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    CalAIM Community Supports Early Adopters

    July 19, 2024

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    CalAIM Experiences: Implementer Views by Region

    May 01, 2024

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    CalAIM Billing Guide for Housing-Related Community Supports Providers

    This updated guide outlines the five main steps of the health care billing cycle, with detailed instructions on how homeless services providers and community organizations can approach each activity.

    April 19, 2024

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    Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

    For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California resumed its normal processes to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees in April 2023. It will be imperative to help many of these Californians transition to other types of coverage and…

    April 04, 2024

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