-
Blog
How California’s Public Purchasers Are Joining Forces to Strengthen Primary Care
The medical leaders of the state’s largest public payers are using their collective clout to move primary care toward the center of the health care system.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Any Card, Any Provider: Unifying Networks and Administration
This proposal suggests restructuring Medi-Cal so that any credentialed provider could treat any Medi-Cal patient, regardless of plan assignment, through a single statewide provider network.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — AI-Powered Advocates for Medi-Cal
This proposal suggests creating an AI “app store” for Medi-Cal — one where members choose to work with AI Advocates that proactively respond to rising risk levels and initiate outreach, navigation, and enrollment.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Partially Unified Financing: Covered California for Most
This proposal suggests transitioning most Californians — including many currently enrolled in Medi-Cal — into Covered California plans. The model aims to create a more continuous and equitable coverage system.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Multipayer Primary Care Payment Reform Model
This proposal outlines a unified primary care payment model across Medi-Cal, CalPERS, and Covered California.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — In-Home Supportive Services Integration into Managed Care
This proposal suggests integrating In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) into Medi-Cal managed care to improve care coordination and oversight while preserving recipient self-direction.
-
Resource
Medi-Cal Bold Idea — Consideration of a Medicaid Per Capita Cap
This proposal explores a shift from open-ended federal matching funds to a per capita cap model for Medicaid, examining how this approach could offer California greater policy flexibility and budget predictability.
-
Blog
How Chief Health Equity Officers Are Meeting the Moment
Medi-Cal managed care plans are required to have chief health equity officers. Here’s how they are working to reduce health disparities.
-
Blog
Tracking Progress on DHCS’s Bold Goals: What We’re Seeing and What Comes Next
As DHCS continues the work, CIN partners and health and community organizations across California have a clear role to play: Use data intentionally, invest in equity-driven practice changes, deepen partnerships with community organizations, and bring lessons back to the network…
-
Resource
Building Medicare Capacity in California Community Health Centers
California’s community health centers face critical Medicare readiness gaps. This OCHIN brief identifies key barriers and offers actionable strategies to help CHCs better serve a growing older adult population.
-
Blog
CHCF Board of Directors Welcomes Health Policy Leader Jim Wood
The health policy leader has deep expertise in rural health. He chaired the California Assembly Health Committee for eight years.
-
Blog
‘California Has the Power to Protect the Health of Our People’
CHCF President & CEO Sandra R. Hernández, MD, testifies at a California Assembly Health Committee hearing about state health policies in a difficult fiscal environment.
-
Blog
The Future of Medi-Cal: Bold Ideas for the Next Decade
Kara Carter and Chris Perrone share six winning concepts selected by CHCF to inform the Future of Medi-Cal Commission, which is drafting a roadmap for California’s health system.
-
Resource
Beyond Realignment: Options for Modernizing California’s Behavioral Health System
Read recommendations for improving California’s behavioral health system written by nationally recognized health policy leader Jacey Cooper.
-
Blog
A Systemic Attack on Health: Why the New Public Charge Rule Endangers California
CHCF stands with Californians opposing this harmful immigrant health policy and urges stakeholders to submit public comments.
