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  • Eastern Plumas Health Care CEO Doug McCoy sitting at a desk
    Behind the Headlines

    From the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley, Rural Californians Fear Medi-Cal Cuts

    Worried Medi-Cal providers and enrollees say cuts will disrupt hospitals and hurt families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities.


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    Knowledge Center

    California Health Care Almanac

    Objective information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decisionmaking. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California’s health care system.


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    Report

    CalAIM Experiences: Central Coast Implementers

    Learn how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding on California’s Central Coast in this survey of people who work at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social services organizations.


  • View of Los Angeles, California from the hills above the Griffity Observatory
    Data Insight

    CalAIM Experiences: Southern California Implementers

    Learn how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding in Southern California in this survey of people who work at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social services organizations.


  • Mt. Shasta, Northern California
    Report

    CalAIM Experiences: Northern California Implementers

    Learn how implementation of CalAIM is unfolding in Northern California in this survey of people who work at managed care plans, behavioral health organizations, community-based organizations, and social services organizations.


  • Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Area, California
    Report

    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.


  • Data Insight

    Improving Behavioral Health Through Data-Driven Collaboration: A Santa Cruz County Case Study

    Data exchange in Santa Cruz County’s health care settings provides a guide for how to implement health information exchange successfully. This case study examines the county’s implementation of Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement Program and how it has led to…


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    Regional Profiles


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    Quick Read

    Medi-Cal Explained: 2024 Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans by County

    In 2024, many California counties will experience major changes around which Medi-Cal managed care plans operate there. This fact sheet organizes these changes alphabetically by county and by managed care plan for easy reference.


  • Woman wearing mask that reads "Stop Evictions, Save Lives"
    Behind the Headlines

    Housing Instability Exacts Yet Another Kind of Pandemic Health Toll

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: For renters with low incomes facing the threat of eviction, assistance has been slow in coming.


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    Tool

    Sacramento Events

    This collection showcases CHCF’s regular series of events sponsored for Sacramento policy staff and others who are interested. The briefings are designed to provide information relevant to key health care issues and trends, and promote dialogue on possible solutions to…


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    Report

    Health Information Exchange in California: Assessment of Regional Market Activity and Overview of Network Types and Characteristics

    This regional market assessment describes how different forms of health information exchange play out in four California regions: Los Angeles County, Fresno and the surrounding area, the Sacramento metropolitan area, and Humboldt County. It is accompanied by an issue brief…


  • Patient has blood pressure checked at clinic.
    Report

    The Changing Landscape of California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers

    This paper is one of two cross-site analyses drawn on insights from the seven publications in the 2020 Regional Market Report series. In the post-ACA period, FQHCs have added patients and clinic sites at a rapid pace, and many health…


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    Tool

    Webinars — 2020 CHCF Regional Market Reports

    For the fourth time since 2009, CHCF commissioned reports of seven health care markets in California. The markets in the 2020 release — Humboldt/Del Norte, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Joaquin…


  • Train runs along waterfront past downtown San Diego
    Report

    San Diego: Competing, Collaborating, and Forging Ahead with Population Health

    The San Diego health care market has long been dominated by four health systems: Kaiser Permanente, Sharp HealthCare, Scripps Health, and University of California San Diego Health. Despite significant gains in health coverage, access to care for people with lower…