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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This issue of CIN Connections features insights on California’s policy landscape from California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and California Senator Holly Mitchell, tips on building a new model for complex care, and CIN partners’ future goals in tackling…
Far more patients with low incomes seek specialty care than there are specialists to help them. A physician describes one tonic for California’s overtaxed specialty referral system.
Nowhere is the need to measure racial and ethnic health disparities greater than in California, one of the few states where people of color compose the majority of the population.
Medi-Cal enrollees in 18 rural counties in California receive care under Medi-Cal’s Regional Model of managed care. This report compares access to care, quality of care, and both patients’ and providers’ satisfaction in Regional Model counties with other rural counties…
This report explores quality of care, access to care, and patient satisfaction for Medi-Cal enrollees in counties that use the Geographic Managed Care Model, which uses five or more Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) to deliver services. Results are compared…
Community Health Center Network offers its providers the option to use RubiconMD’s platform to request a virtual consultation from a specialist, which can prevent both unnecessary visits and delays in patient access to specialty care. Outside evaluators documented providers’ experiences…
Five federal district courts have issued preliminary injunctions against the Trump administration’s public charge rule. The actions blocked a policy expected to reduce immigrants’ access to health care, burden safety-net providers, and jeopardize public health in immigrant communities.
This paper was prepared by two attorneys with extensive experience in structuring Medicaid financing for safety-net providers. It explores different contracting structures through which a county could lead efforts to create opportunities for integration of physical and behavioral health care.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: A growing number of podcasters are producing sophisticated audio storytelling about health policy and the health care system.
To ensure that women’s health care needs are met, national organizations recommend that the midwifery workforce increase. This paper provides information on the different professional licensures, regulatory schemes, and scopes of practice for midwives in California and briefly reviews how…
CHCF has a new guide that uses insights, exercises, and examples to help community health center professionals build more effective, longer-lasting partnerships with other organizations.
This guidebook aims to help community health organizations successfully integrate organizational cultures when forging partnerships. Tools include actionable insights, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples.
Veteran health care journalist Dan Gorenstein wants to demystify controversial health care issues by peeling back the political rhetoric that makes them so confusing.