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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
  • Stack of newspapers
    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
  • Physician smiles at girl patient
    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
  • 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.

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    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