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Fact Sheet: Nurse Practitioners and California’s Latino/x Community

Nurse practitioners are a vital part of California’s health care workforce. Today they play a particularly important role providing care to underserved Californians, especially Latino/x communities.

April 22, 2022

•Health Workforce

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Investing in Primary Care: Why It Matters for Californians with Commercial Coverage

This study measures primary care spending, as a proportion of overall spending, among commercial health plans and provider organizations (POs) in California. Among POs, more investment in primary care was associated with better quality, fewer ED visits, and lower total…

April 19, 2022

•Primary Care

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Access, Affordability, and Respect: California Poll Shows Benefits Associated with Having a Primary Care Provider

An analysis of poll findings reveals significant differences between insured Californians who have a primary care provider and those who do not across topics related to health care utilization, experience, affordability, and health behaviors.

April 19, 2022

•Primary Care

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Groundbreaking Study Links Higher Primary Care Spending to Better Care Quality in California

New poll focused on insured Californians finds that Latino/x Californians least likely to have a primary care provider; those without a primary care provider more likely to report negative care experiences.

April 19, 2022

•Primary Care

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A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement

This CIN toolkit offers concrete, practical approaches and resources to help health care organizations — including those that provide, pay for, or support primary care — to increase quality improvement efforts that center racial health equity. Case studies provide insights…

April 18, 2022

•Health Equity

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Patient Perspectives

A 2021 poll showed that, among insured Californians, Latinos/x are the least likely to report having a primary care provider. Given the positive benefits associated with having a primary care provider, ensuring access to one could have implications for improving…

April 18, 2022

•Primary Care

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Primary Care and Equity

More than 90% of Californians have health insurance, and yet millions still lack access to affordable, high-quality care. Strengthening primary care will help bridge this gap. Without a stronger and more robust primary care infrastructure, priorities related to California’s health…

April 18, 2022

•Primary Care

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Primary Care Spending

More than one-third of US states have prioritized shifting more of the health care dollar to primary care. Here’s how they are doing it, and what California can learn.

April 18, 2022

•Primary Care

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Recommended Actions

The Primary Care Investment Coordinating Group of California (PICG) has adopted a set of guiding principles and recommended actions intended to spur collective action to ensure that the state’s primary care system has the resources it needs to deliver better…

April 18, 2022

•Primary Care

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CHCF Announces Tie Kim as New VP of Finance and Administration

Today the California Health Care Foundation announced Tie K. Kim as its new vice president of finance and administration. He will officially start his new role on May 2.

April 13, 2022

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Biden Administration Proposes to Fix the ‘Family Glitch’

Critics have long argued that the Internal Revenue Service’s interpretation of this controversial rule unfairly penalizes family members of workers with lower incomes.

April 8, 2022

•Health Insurance Coverage

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Learning from COVID-19: How Pandemic-Era Policies for Methadone Prescribing Could Improve Opioid Treatment

Emergency regulations instituted as COVID-19 reached the US allowed patients who may not otherwise have qualified for methadone take-home doses to receive them.

April 7, 2022

•Behavioral Health

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California’s Nurse Practitioners Play a Critical Role in a Stretched Health Care System

April 5, 2022

•Health Workforce

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California Doula Pilots Lessons Learned Project

April 4, 2022

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The Case for Investing in Primary Care in California

Investing in primary care is crucial to address physician shortages, unequal access to care, and improve health outcomes for all Californians.

April 1, 2022

•Primary Care

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Fact Sheet: Nurse Practitioners and California’s Latino/x Community

Investing in Primary Care: Why It Matters for Californians with Commercial Coverage

Access, Affordability, and Respect: California Poll Shows Benefits Associated with Having a Primary Care Provider

Groundbreaking Study Links Higher Primary Care Spending to Better Care Quality in California

A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement

Patient Perspectives

Primary Care and Equity

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CHCF Announces Tie Kim as New VP of Finance and Administration

Biden Administration Proposes to Fix the ‘Family Glitch’

Learning from COVID-19: How Pandemic-Era Policies for Methadone Prescribing Could Improve Opioid Treatment

California’s Nurse Practitioners Play a Critical Role in a Stretched Health Care System

California Doula Pilots Lessons Learned Project

The Case for Investing in Primary Care in California

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