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    Report

    Making Medicaid Communications Easy to Understand: Cross-Project Insights

    Many people don’t apply for or use Medicaid because they cannot understand the program’s forms and documents. This paper summarizes several projects with concrete suggestions to make Medicaid communications clearer.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Illustration of three Black women doctors against a vibrant blue and yellow background
    Expert Perspective

    The Gift I Didn’t Realize I Needed

    How practicing medicine at a predominantly Black institution led a physician to find her full, authentic, un-code-switched self.

    •Health Workforce
  • Feature Story

    An Innovative Solution for Sacramento’s Specialist Desert

    WellSpace Health and UC Davis Health partner in effort to shorten specialty care wait times for Medi-Cal patients.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Behind the Headline

    Lawmakers Discuss the Future of Community Health Workers in California

    Experts told legislators how CHW/P/Rs can be integrated into the health care ecosystem without losing their focus on social justice.

    •Health Equity
  • Inside CHCF

    Torres Mowat and Deas Join CHCF Board

    The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) announced the election of Kristin Torres Mowat, JD, MBA, and Deborah Deas, MD, MPH, to its board of directors.

  • Quick Read

    Centering Perspectives of Dually Eligible Older Adults of Color

    Community Catalyst and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston partnered with community organizations in California to pilot the cocreation of a set of HCBS quality measures with dually eligible older adults of color.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Patient and provider talk during clinic visit.
    Report

    California’s Health Care for the Homeless Grantees

    Health Care for the Homeless programs are federally funded community health centers required to serve a population composed primarily of people experiencing homelessness. In California these programs are a crucial component of the state’s health care safety net.

    •Homelessness
  • Kathryn Phillips gives testimony to the California Assembly on the need for greater diversity in California's health workforce
    Expert Perspective

    CHCF and Allies Urge Lawmakers to Champion Health Workforce Diversity

    Experts testified that a more diverse and representative health workforce will improve patients’ access to high-quality care.

    •Health Workforce
  • Carin van Zyl, MD.
    Feature Story

    Palliative Care Movement Achieves Significant Progress in California

    The growing availability of palliative care for patients with serious illnesses is preventing hospitalizations, improving outcomes, and providing significant relief.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Counselor and client talking
    Project

    Evaluation of Lay Counselor Academy

    CHCF is supporting an evaluation of The Lay Counselor Academy, which trains people in community settings with interest and relationship-based skills to offer mental health counseling even if they are not formally licensed to practice therapy.

    •Health Workforce
  • Angela Sojobi
    Expert Perspective

    Diverse Maternity Care Workforce Essential to Advance Birth Equity

    A conversation with midwife Angela Sojobi about her decades of experience and the urgent need for more Black midwifery students.

    •Health Workforce
  • Patient and health care provide talk in clinic exam room.
    Report

    California’s County-Based Health Plans Almanac — 2024 Edition

    The state’s county-based health plans are public entities organized through one or more counties to ensure that Medi-Cal enrollees, and in some cases county employees and Covered California enrollees, receive comprehensive care. Where are these plans and who do they…

    •Facts and Data
  • Feature Story

    Using Pear Suite to Support Community Health Workers

    A CHCF-supported start-up’s innovative services help care navigators address social determinants of health for Medi-Cal enrollees.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Kara Carter
    Expert Perspective

    Promises and Pitfalls

    A conversation on AI, health care, and equity with CHCF’s senior vice president for strategy and programs, Kara Carter.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Njeri McGee-Tyner
    Expert Perspective

    Efforts to Improve Medi-Cal Enrollment Process Are Paying Off

    The enrollment director for eight Bay Area community clinics shares her perspective as patients face the challenges of eligibility redetermination.

    •Health Insurance Coverage