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  • Mount Shasta, California, USA - June 17th 2025: Main street of Mount Shasta town leading towards Mount Shasta Volcano, at dusk in summer
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    Shasta and Lassen Counties — Regional Market Report 2025

    Shasta and Lassen Counties are one of seven markets included in the 2025 Regional Market Report, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time. 

    •Facts and Data, Health Insurance Coverage
  • Lisette Carmona, LCSW, Social Work Manager, Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC alongside Raymond Gonzales, Case Worker at USC Street Medicine speak with patient receiving behavioral health care treatment.
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    Street Medicine: A Critical Pathway for Behavioral Health in California

    The California Street Medicine Collaborative is the statewide voice for street medicine. It brings together more than 80 street-medicine programs, more than 1000 members, and more than 275 organizations to strengthen the field statewide. Hosted by USC Street Medicine, the…

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness
  • Man balancing ccales
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    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.

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal
  • Piggy bank with stethoscope draped around it.
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    National Health Spending Almanac — 2025 Edition

    National health care spending totaled $4.9 trillion in 2023. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

    •Facts and Data
  • California Counties Map with Doctors and Patients
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    The Crucial Role of Counties in the Health of Californians

    Learn about the role of California counties in administering health care, behavioral health, and public health services

    •Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal
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    San Joaquin Valley — Regional Market Report 2025

    San Joaquin Valley is one of seven markets included in the 2025 Regional Market Report, which focuses on gaining key insights into the organization, financing, and delivery of care in communities across California and over time. 

    •Facts and Data, Health Insurance Coverage
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    California Health Insurers, Enrollment Almanac — 2025 Edition

    This California Health Care Almanac quick reference guide shows enrollment by regulator, market, and insurer. A companion data file contains California enrollment for 2012 to 2023.

    •Facts and Data
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    How Medi-Cal Uses Financial Incentives to Improve Access, Quality, and Equity

    This paper describes the role that financial incentives to Medi-Cal managed care plans and behavioral health plans play in improving timely access to high-quality care and advancing health equity.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Nurse Practitioner with Patient in exam room
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    Investing in Community Health: How Local Health Plans Strengthen California’s Health Work Force

    This explainer examines local health plans in the safety net and their investments in workforce development, while exploring how federal funding cuts may impact future community health initiatives.

    •Health Workforce, Medi-Cal
  • Stethoscope laying on top of document that reads "Explanation of benefits"
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    California Health Benefits Survey 2025

    The California Health Benefits Survey tracks trends in employees’ coverage, including premiums, employee premium contributions, cost sharing, offer rates, and employer benefit strategies.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability, Health Insurance Coverage
  • Illustration of a man looking through a door to a brighter future.
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    Sobering Centers Explained, 2025 Updates

    The landscape of sobering care in California has undergone substantial transformation in recent years. This report captures key lessons from the sobering centers that now serve 16 California counties.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Four people participate in a group discussion.
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    What Californians Are Saying About AI in Health Care

    CHCF conducted focus groups in California and found that Californians are open to AI’s potential to improve care quality and provide medical providers with more time to spend with patients. However, only if it’s used safely, transparently, and with an…

    •Health Equity, Technology and Innovation
  • Home health care worker helping client rise from bed.
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    How Could Cuts to Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services Impact California?

    Analysts modeled the impact of cutting Medi-Cal HCBS programs. They found that a 10% cut to these programs could lead to over $1 billion in new costs over five years as many people move to nursing homes for care.

    •Medi-Cal, Older Adults
  • sun peeking out from behind gray clouds
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    Substance Use in California Almanac — 2025 Edition

    Substance Use in California: Prevalence and Treatment uses the most recent data available to provide an overview of substance use and addiction in California. Topics include prevalence of substance use, emergency department visits, deaths, and treatment.

    •Behavioral Health, Facts and Data
  • Composite image of Californians with complex health needs who participated in interviews about their experiences in Medi-Cal
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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.

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness