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    Knowledge Center

    Key Concepts

    •Older Adults
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    Report

    Uncompensated Hospital Care Costs in California Continued to Decline in 2016

    In California hospitals, the cost of uncompensated care continued to fall in 2016, but at a slower rate than the 51% decline between 2013 and 2015.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Case Study

    Evaluation of a Collaborative Maternal Mental Health Care Pilot

    Maternal Mental Health Now (MMHN) established a model of collaborative care at three federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles. Outside evaluators documented whether this model achieved the desired outcomes at each clinical site, and assessed the potential for spread…

    •Maternal Health
  • Expert Perspective

    The Individual Mandate Penalty Is Ending. Californians May Pay the Price.

    With the individual mandate penalty scheduled to be removed next year, a new Harvard study projects a significant impact on both California and the nation.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Case Study

    Community Paramedicine Projects Continue to Deliver Big Benefits

    Evaluation by UCSF shows that California’s community paramedicine pilot projects have improved coordination between providers, reduced preventable treatment, and resulted in no adverse outcomes for patients. (Evaluation highlights released May 2018.)

    •Health Workforce
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    Expert Perspective

    California’s Policy Options: Making Individual Market Coverage More Affordable

    The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education has released a report detailing affordability concerns of Californians seeking individual market coverage. It also outlines five policy options that could move the state closer to universal coverage.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
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    Expert Perspective

    Seven Partnerships to Strengthen Community Health Centers

    In California, the smaller community health centers that need the most support are the least likely to get it, and that poses a risk for the thousands of Californians with low incomes who rely on them. As California’s entire health…

    •Primary Care
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    Report

    Partnering to Succeed

    This paper outlines seven partnership models that are helping small community health centers (CHCs) improve care and thrive under value-based payment. It also provides a framework to assess which partnership models are right for different CHCs.

    •Health Workforce
  • Expert Perspective

    As Boundaries Blur, ‘Palliative Care Everywhere’ Is the Goal

    Palliative care supporters see this movement as the cure for what ails American medicine.

    •Health Workforce
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    Expert Perspective

    How a California Healthline Grad Grounded the High-Flying HHS Secretary

    Dan Diamond planned to become a US diplomat, but instead he wound up as a journalist at CHCF’s California Healthline. After moving to POLITICO, he unearthed the story that forced the resignation of the Trump Administration’s top health official.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
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    Project

    Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (Project SHOUT)

    Hospitalizations for people with opioid use disorder represent an ideal time to start treatment. Project SHOUT helps hospitals start buprenorphine and methadone services, with coaching from UCSF specialists.

    •Behavioral Health
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    Report

    Sharpening Our Focus

    The California Health Care Foundation wants partners and other stakeholders to understand what our new strategic priorities mean in practice.

    •Technology and Innovation
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    Data Insight

    County Data Snapshots Highlight Increased Need for Medication-Assisted Treatment

    Data snapshots for each California county estimate opioid use disorder prevalence, treatment capacity, treatment gaps, and opportunities to build more resources.

    •Behavioral Health
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    Feature Story

    In Contest of Firms Vying to Enhance Care in Medicaid, the Winner Is AbleTo

    The company that beat out more than 70 competitors believes that a person’s physical and mental well-being are inextricably linked.

    •Technology and Innovation
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    Tool

    CIN Resource Kit: Improving Provider Well-Being

    This resource page can serve as a starting point for health care leaders to tackle staff and provider burnout at their organizations.

    •Health Workforce