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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After waves of mergers over the last three decades, California’s health care system has become highly consolidated: Studies find most markets no longer qualify as “competitive” — with hospital markets approaching “monopoly levels,” especially in rural areas. Mounting evidence finds…
Most California health care markets are highly concentrated, with hospital markets in particular approaching monopoly levels in many counties. Studies show that mergers of health care companies result in increased prices for services. This report compiles evidence about consolidation and…
School Mental Health 101: A Primer for Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans introduces managed care plans to California’s vast and complex K–12 education system to help foster partnerships with schools to increase access to school-based and school-linked care for students on…
This publication reviews the barriers to hiring providers in this specific sector of the health care system, the role of the temporary workforce, and the emergence of technology-enabled staffing companies as a potential alternative to traditional staffing agencies. An accompanying…
Stories That Caught Our Attention: The health policy journal Health Affairs published a special issue featuring important perinatal mental health data and analysis.
California Senate Bill 464 aims to reduce pregnancy-related preventable deaths, severe illnesses, and associated health disparities. To help perinatal care providers comply with the law, CHCF supported the development of a free e-learning course that explicitly addresses the requirements of…
This California Improvement Network resource page provides curated tools to better understand how to integrate equity into care improvement initiatives.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: California’s public health infrastructure required shoring up even before COVID-19 hammered county and state public health systems.
In Santa Cruz, a medically tailored meal pilot program reduced emergency and hospital care while improving health outcomes and helping people make healthier food choices.
In an interview, Susanne Phillips, DNP, says health care institutions, agencies, councils, and clinics working with nurse practitioner leaders can create a standardized pathway to independent practice.
This brief seeks to support the regulatory process in California by shedding light on how transition to practice (TTP) has played out around the country for nurse practitioners (NPs), sharing the existing evidence on how full practice authority and TTP…
Uncertain patients can change their minds if they feel understood and hear the right emotion in a doctor’s voice, according to physicians on the front lines.