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Expanding Postbaccalaureate Programs to Address California’s Health Workforce Crisis

Prehealth postbaccalaureate programs (PBPs) increase the rates at which students from underrepresented communities are admitted to and graduate from medical school. PBP participants are more likely to provide care in underserved areas.

June 9, 2021

•Health Workforce

Report

Risky Business: California Health Centers Weakened by the COVID-19 Pandemic Prepare for the Future

California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers experienced many financial challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report summarizes policy options that have the potential to improve FQHC stability, address health equity, and ensure access to a broader range of…

June 9, 2021

•Health Equity

Report

The Changing Landscape of California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers

This paper is one of two cross-site analyses drawn on insights from the seven publications in the 2020 Regional Market Report series. In the post-ACA period, FQHCs have added patients and clinic sites at a rapid pace, and many health…

June 9, 2021

•Medi-Cal

Behind the Headline

Economic Factors Are Shaping Individual Vaccine Decisions, Polling Suggests

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Months into the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in California, groups of people who seem to have little in common continue to lag in getting their shots.

June 7, 2021

•Health Equity

Feature Story

A Call for Meaningful Change

‘Listening to Californians with Low Incomes’ report sounds alarm on deteriorating mental health.

June 4, 2021

•Behavioral Health

Expert Perspective

¡Hablemos! Let’s Talk About the COVID-19 Vaccines

Latinx doctors, nurses, and promotoras answer common questions in English and Spanish about the COVID-19 vaccines.

June 3, 2021

•Health Equity

Expert Perspective

Attending to Mind and Body Together with Collaborative Care

An interview with UCSF’s Dr. Maga Jackson-Triche about integration at the point of care.

June 1, 2021

•Behavioral Health

Report

Cracking the Codes: State Medicaid Approaches to Reimbursing Psychiatric Collaborative Care

This paper summarizes the approaches taken and lessons learned by the first 15 state Medicaid programs to reimburse for collaborative care, an evidence-based model of integrating behavioral health into primary care. An accompanying fact sheet outlines the benefit in Medi-Cal.

May 28, 2021

•Behavioral Health

Quick Read

Medi-Cal Explained: Managed Care Plan Procurement

This brief explains what the 2021 Medi-Cal managed care reprocurement process is and what it means for millions of Californians served by Medi-Cal.

May 26, 2021

•Medi-Cal

Report

Listening to Californians with Low Incomes: How They Experience the Health Care System and What It Means for the Future

Explore key findings and implications for the future from a statewide survey of California residents with low incomes who received care between March 2019 and August 2020. The survey included an oversampling of residents with low incomes.

May 25, 2021

•Health Equity

Behind the Headline

Nurses at High Risk for Suicide: ‘I Just Wanted All of It to Stop’

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Among health care workers, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated two key risk factors for suicide — work-related stressors and mental health problems.

May 24, 2021

•Health Workforce

External Resource

Why the Time Has Come for Statewide Data Exchange in California

The ability to share appropriate health data will be critical as the state moves forward with its CalAIM initiative.

May 20, 2021

•Technology and Innovation

External Resource

THE CONVERSATION / LA CONVERSACIÓN

May 19, 2021

Data Insight

COVID-19 Tracking Poll, May 2021: Views from California Health Care Providers on the Front Lines

This statewide survey of health care providers assesses their mental health and morale, the pandemic’s financial impact on their practices, and providers’ view of California’s readiness for futures emergencies.

May 19, 2021

•Behavioral Health

Project

California Statewide Survey on Homelessness

CHCF, in collaboration with the Blue Shield of California Foundation, is funding an 18- to 24-month research project that aims to improve understanding of the immediate precipitants of homelessness and barriers to exiting homelessness in California.

May 17, 2021

•Homelessness

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Expanding Postbaccalaureate Programs to Address California’s Health Workforce Crisis

Risky Business: California Health Centers Weakened by the COVID-19 Pandemic Prepare for the Future

The Changing Landscape of California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers

Economic Factors Are Shaping Individual Vaccine Decisions, Polling Suggests

A Call for Meaningful Change

¡Hablemos! Let’s Talk About the COVID-19 Vaccines

Attending to Mind and Body Together with Collaborative Care

Cracking the Codes: State Medicaid Approaches to Reimbursing Psychiatric Collaborative Care

Medi-Cal Explained: Managed Care Plan Procurement

Listening to Californians with Low Incomes: How They Experience the Health Care System and What It Means for the Future

Nurses at High Risk for Suicide: ‘I Just Wanted All of It to Stop’

Why the Time Has Come for Statewide Data Exchange in California

THE CONVERSATION / LA CONVERSACIÓN

COVID-19 Tracking Poll, May 2021: Views from California Health Care Providers on the Front Lines

California Statewide Survey on Homelessness

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