The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
CHCF publishes reports, articles, issue briefs, explainers, data snapshots, infographics, fact sheets, and other resources to help make meaningful change in California’s health care system.
The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
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California collects a special tax on high incomes to fund mental health services. Governor Gavin Newsom wants to change how the money is spent so a share of it can be used to fund housing for homeless people with mental…
Learn about concrete opportunities to improve delivery of Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorder. This issue brief draws from interviews with behavioral health stakeholders across five counties.
This toolkit equips service providers, people experiencing homelessness, health enrollment navigators, and communities with the resources to keep current Medi-Cal members covered. It is available in English and Spanish.
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s big new experiment to push people with mental illness off the streets and into treatment starts this fall. Counties responsible for the rollout say it may end up being more modest than advertised.
Data exchange in Santa Cruz County’s health care settings provides a guide for how to implement health information exchange successfully. This case study examines the county’s implementation of Behavioral Health and Quality Improvement Program and how it has led to…
With the rise of generative AI, people who once turned to “Dr. Google” to check on medical symptoms are now turning to chatbots. Researchers say the bots are often more accurate, but they urge caution in the absence of any…
This brief explores how telehealth use varies across subpopulations of adults in the state and reports how people rate their telehealth experience compared to in-person care.
This fact sheet outlines new non-specialty mental health services as well as services introduced as part of the CalAIM initiative. It also covers benefits that establish a new billable provider type, such as community health workers.