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  • Expert Perspective

    Why Medicaid Is an Untapped Opportunity for Innovation

    Physician Andrey Ostrovsky learned a lot as an entrepreneur and during a stint as chief medical officer at the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. Melissa Buckley, director of the CHCF Innovation Fund, asked him to share insights about opportunities…

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Inside CHCF

    Governor Names Sandra Hernández to Covered California Board of Directors

    Governor Brown recently appointed CHCF president and CEO Sandra Hernández to the Covered California board of directors. Read her statement.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • provider talking to colleagues
    Report

    California’s Current and Future Behavioral Health Workforce

    This report synthesizes data about California’s behavioral health workforce. California needs to make substantial investments to meet future demand for behavioral health professionals.

    •Health Workforce
  • Inside CHCF

    California Improvement Network Announces New Partner Organizations

    Twenty health care organizations have been selected as partners for the California Improvement Network (CIN) in 2020-2021. Collectively, these organizations serve or support more than 25 million patients across the state — more than half the population of California.

  • Chris Perrone giving testimony to legislature
    Data Insight

    California Lawmakers Asked CHCF How to Improve Access to Care in Medi-Cal. Here’s What We Told Them.

    Chris Perrone, director of CHCF’s Improving Access team, told the California Legislature how Medi-Cal expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected access to care for people who rely on the program.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Dr. Sandra Hernandez sitting at desk reading on iPad.
    Expert Perspective

    Health Care Is a Universal Value. It’s Time for a Universal Effort.

    Sandra R. Hernández: Too many Californians with low incomes are held back or suffer because it is difficult to get the care they need. There are clear ways to make health care work for low-income Californians — if we work…

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • provider examines child with stethoscope
    Report

    The Arduous Road to Renewal of CHIP Funding

    After months of delays, Congress and the White House finally agreed to a six-year funding extension for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — much to the relief of millions of children and pregnant women, as well as state officials…

    •Facts and Data
  • Soccer game strategy diagram
    Report

    Understanding the Rules: Federal Legal Considerations for State-Based Approaches to Expand Coverage in California

    California policymakers and other stakeholders are exploring state-based approaches to expand or improve coverage within the state. This paper illuminates federal legal issues that need to be considered under each approach.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Amazon boxes
    Expert Perspective

    Prime for Disruption

    Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. jolted Wall Street with a joint venture designed to reduce health care costs. Technology alone is not sufficient to solve the cost problem. Leaders also need to pull policy levers, fix payment systems,…

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Pregnant woman consults with provider
    Project

    Yelp Partners with CHCF to Add Maternity Care Measures to Popular Search and Review Site

    Information about where to get the best maternity care can be hard to find. Yelp now displays maternity care measures for all California hospitals that deliver babies. A mobile module is also available.

    •Maternal Health
  • puzzle made of colorful blocks and a block that is a red cross symbol
    Project

    Coverage, Access, and Affordability in California: Key ACA Data 2013-2016

    In 2014, CHCF launched ACA 411, an interactive online tool that helped users track the ACA’s impact on California. While we no longer maintain the tool, the data and resources that were used to build it remain available here.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • California gubernatorial candidates at January 27th debate
    Data Insight

    Health Care Matters to Latinos. And Their Health Matters to California.

    When it comes to health care, perhaps no group has as much at stake as California’s 15 million Latinos. With the gubernatorial race heating up, this is a good time to explore some of the reasons why.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Report

    Medi-Cal: A Program and a Population That Work

    While the federal government has opened the door for states to impose work requirements on people who use Medicaid, data show that a vast majority of nondisabled recipients are already in working families.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Palm trees in the sunset.
    Expert Perspective

    How Philanthropy Helped Transform LA’s Public Health System

    Mitch Katz has departed California for New York City after decades of contributions to the Golden State’s public health system. As he looks back, he credits philanthropic foundations for providing crucial support to bring about positive change.

    •Primary Care
  • doctors walking together
    Project

    Piloting Use of Consensus Standards in Payer-Provider Contracts

    Contracting processes between payers and providers to deliver palliative care can often be cumbersome. This project evaluates the use of consensus standards across multiple payer-provider contracts.

    •Older Adults