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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Learn about the three phases for how organizations can think strategically when key personnel transition out of their role: preparation; search and selection for the new executive; and onboarding and ongoing support.
This study is the first to examine and report on the current state of street medicine in California. With the largest concentration of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the nation, California is well positioned to scale the street medicine model…
This guide is for leaders and staff in FQHCs that are considering or have committed to participating in the California Federally Qualified Health Center Alternative Payment Model.
This short paper condenses interviews with numerous frontline workers and managers at organizations participating in Enhanced Care Management. Learn about the challenges they face in recruiting and retention, and the types of training effective for new staff.
This report explores some design options for implementing Medi-Cal Managed Care and Long-Term Services and Supports that policymakers, agency leaders, advocates, and other stakeholders can consider as this work unfolds.
Between 2010 and 2020, health care spending in California grew faster on an annual average basis than health spending in the US and the economic growth in the state. This Almanac quick reference guide provides an overview of spending in…
This report surveys the research linking primary care to improved health equity. It includes 14 example recommendations to strengthen primary care and to advance equity in California across five key areas.
How one clinic’s pilot turned into a large-scale project to bring health care services to transitional and permanent supportive housing sites in greater Los Angeles.
The materials provided here describe how inpatient palliative care services impacts hospital costs and offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders and the health system analysts…
The materials provided here offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes for established outpatient palliative care clinics and how to estimate the impact of proposed clinics. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders…