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Pioneering Study Links Higher Primary Care Spending Percentage Among Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans to Better Quality of Care and 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.

July 25, 2022
Project

The Health and Reentry Project

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…

July 21, 2022

•Behavioral Health
Feature Story

Without Trust, There Is Nothing

Black Californians say they see provider relationships as the key to good health care.

July 20, 2022

•Health Equity
Report

Innovations in Telehealth in Behavioral Health During COVID-19

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…

July 19, 2022

•Behavioral Health
Case Study

Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

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…

July 19, 2022

•Older Adults
Feature Story

Joyce Lashof, First Female Dean of UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dies at 96

An early champion of community health centers and health equity, Lashof achieved a series of firsts during her long career.

July 14, 2022

•Health Equity
Project

Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative

This two-year learning collaborative supports eight cross-sector teams of California-based organizations partnering to improve health care for people experiencing homelessness.

July 14, 2022

•Homelessness
Feature Story

San Diego Health Centers Fight Provider Burnout by Fostering Workplace Friendships

The program was supported by the California Improvement Network, a community of health care organizations that promotes ideas for better care delivery.

July 8, 2022

•Health Workforce
Report

A Qualitative Study of Expanded Methadone Take-Home Access in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, federal guidance permitted greater access to methadone “take-home doses” for people in treatment for opioid use disorder. This paper reviews the treatment experiences of patients and providers at an opioid treatment…

June 30, 2022

•Behavioral Health
Expert Perspective

Celebrating the Expansion of Medi-Cal

CHCF’s president and CEO explains how state leaders have brought us a step closer to justice and equity in health care.

June 28, 2022

•Medi-Cal
Expert Perspective

Standardizing Home-Based Palliative Care: Necessary, Doable, and Fruitful

How palliative care clinicians and payers in California worked together to reduce unwanted variation and confusion in home-based palliative care.

June 28, 2022

•Older Adults
Expert Perspective

In Shadow of Devastating Abortion Ruling, California Will Stand Tall

The state’s leadership will be more important than ever.

June 27, 2022

•Maternal Health
Project

Reducing Unnecessary C-Sections in California

CHCF worked with partners statewide to promote higher-value maternity care by reducing the rate of unnecessary c-sections in five years to under 23.9% for low-risk deliveries.

June 22, 2022

•Maternal Health
2022 Edition — People Experiencing Homelessness in California

The number of people experiencing homelessness served by California’s homelessness response system (Continuums of Care) increased from 188,000 in 2017 to 255,000 in 2020. This quick reference guide looks at available data on people experiencing homelessness in California and at…

June 16, 2022
Report

Closing the Gap in California’s Health Data Exchange

This paper outlines the technological capacity and funding needs of delivery system providers who must comply with AB 133, which calls for the development and implementation of a statewide Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

June 16, 2022

•Technology and Innovation

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Pioneering Study Links Higher Primary Care Spending Percentage Among Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans to Better Quality of Care and Plan Rating

The Health and Reentry Project

Without Trust, There Is Nothing

Innovations in Telehealth in Behavioral Health During COVID-19

Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

Joyce Lashof, First Female Dean of UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Dies at 96

Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative

San Diego Health Centers Fight Provider Burnout by Fostering Workplace Friendships

A Qualitative Study of Expanded Methadone Take-Home Access in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Celebrating the Expansion of Medi-Cal

Standardizing Home-Based Palliative Care: Necessary, Doable, and Fruitful

In Shadow of Devastating Abortion Ruling, California Will Stand Tall

Reducing Unnecessary C-Sections in California

2022 Edition — People Experiencing Homelessness in California

Closing the Gap in California’s Health Data Exchange

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