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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More than two million seniors and people with disabilities (SPDs) enrolled in Medi-Cal will be impacted by reforms, initiatives, and new policies as a result of CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal). This issue brief describes key care delivery transitions…
California’s 337 general acute care (GAC) hospitals discharged 2.8 million patients and had 40.1 million outpatient visits in 2020. This quick reference guide provides an overview of the state’s GAC hospitals, including number of beds, use of services, and selected…
Using the most recent data available, this Almanac provides an overview of mental health statewide: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the criminal justice system.
This first-of-its-kind study examines primary care spending by 13 Medi-Cal managed care plans and finds that greater investment in primary care is associated with better quality of care and a higher plan rating.
Study released after the newly enacted state budget establishes the Office of Health Care Affordability to measure and promote a sustained systemwide investment in primary care, and Medi-Cal managed care will start to report primary care expenditures in 2024.
This national effort seeks to promote continuity of health care between correctional and community settings. The project has published three papers about potential federal Medicaid policy changes that would permit covering people leaving incarceration in the period shortly before they…
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a swift pivot to telehealth for the delivery of behavioral health services. What works? What isn’t working? And what barriers to quality care remain? This report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing was developed specifically…
As of May 2022, Californians age 50 and older with low incomes can enroll in Medi-Cal regardless of their immigration status. Focus groups among newly eligible Los Angeles residents sought to identify what information and messages were most effective at encouraging…
This two-year learning collaborative supports eight cross-sector teams of California-based organizations partnering to improve health care for people experiencing homelessness.
The program was supported by the California Improvement Network, a community of health care organizations that promotes ideas for better care delivery.