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Three Charts That Help Explain the Financial Health of California’s Hospitals During and After the Pandemic.
This dashboard, updated quarterly as new data become available, provides estimates of costs and revenue for California hospitals from 2019 to the most recent quarter available.
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How Vital Are Medi-Cal Payments to Hospitals in CA Congressional Districts 22, 40 & 41?
These fact sheets show how much Medi-Cal payments contribute to net patient revenue at hospitals in three parts of the state, as one way to explore how financially reliant hospitals are on the program.
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Hospital Financing
Our research tracks the financial well-being of California hospitals. We monitor hospital revenues and patient medical debt to inform financial assistance policies, billing practices, and collection actions across California facilities. We track community benefit investments and analyze disparities in who…
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Community Benefit in California Hospitals: A Landscape Review
This report provides a landscape review of community benefit scope and practice in California nonprofit hospitals.
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Hospital Closures, Service Cuts Loom for Some Communities. The State May Step In to Help.
After Madera Community Hospital closed earlier this year, other hospitals have signaled they are struggling financially. Legislators are considering several solutions to funnel more money to hospitals to prevent them from cutting services or closing.
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California Hospitals Almanac — 2022 Edition
California’s 337 general acute care (GAC) hospitals discharged 2.8 million patients and had 40.1 million outpatient visits in 2020. This quick reference guide provides an overview of the state’s GAC hospitals, including number of beds, use of services, and selected…
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Despite Transparency Push, Cost of Hospital Care Remains Inscrutable
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Few hospitals in California and nationwide are complying with a federal rule requiring disclosure of prices.
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Pulling Back the Curtain: How Many California Hospitals Are Complying with Federal Price Transparency Rules?
Federal regulations that went into effect in January 2021 require hospitals to release “clear, accessible pricing information” about their services. This analysis shows that only a minority of California hospitals are fully compliant with this new policy.
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The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on California Hospitals: March Through July 2020
As COVID-19 containment efforts took hold, patient volume at California hospitals fell precipitously as hospitals discontinued elective and nonurgent care while drastically increasing inpatient bed supply to treat a predicted surge of COVID-19 patients. This analysis provides initial estimates of…
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How California Can Use Purchasing Power and Oversight to Improve Quality in Medi-Cal Managed Care
This paper recommends how the California Department of Health Care Services can strengthen its purchasing strategy and oversight to drive quality improvement in Medi-Cal managed care.
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Uncompensated Hospital Care Costs in California, 2013 to 2017
This page provides the most recent data on uncompensated care costs at California hospitals. Since the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, the cost of uncompensated care at California hospitals has plummeted from $3.1 billion (in 2013)…
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Ensuring Health Plan Mergers Benefit the Community
This report offers a detailed look at the results and future of infrastructure investment programs created as part of three for-profit health plan mergers in California.
