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  • View of California Central Coast from the hills of San Simion
    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.


  • Illustration of an x-ray of a piggy bank
    Feature Story

    Medi-Cal Now Considers Income, Not Assets, of Enrollees

    What does that policy change mean for safety-net patients?


  • 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.


  • Expert Perspective

    More Doulas Are Needed in California’s Health Workforce

    An interview with health equity advocate Sayida Peprah-Wilson about the future of doula care.



  • profile of several people walking and talking
    Report

    The 2024 CHCF Central Valley Health Policy Survey

    In late 2023, CHCF and NORC at the University of Chicago conducted a representative, statewide survey of Californians’ health care opinions and experiences, which included an oversample with 1,525 Central Valley respondents age 18 and older.


  • Woman sitting at desk with computer and writing materials
    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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • 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.