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New University of California Program Will Double Pipeline of Specialized Mental Health Providers in Response to Growing Crisis

With California facing an urgent and growing shortage of mental health professionals, three schools of nursing within the University of California system (UCSF, UC Davis, and UCLA) are announcing the launch today of a new online certificate program that will…

January 29, 2020
Expert Perspective

Why a Shared Savings Program Is Critical to CalAIM

Chris Perrone, CHCF’s director of Improving Access, explores California’s rare opportunity to chart a new course for Medi-Cal for years to come.

January 28, 2020

•Medi-Cal
Report

Shared Savings: Financial Incentives to Spur Better Care for Medi-Cal Patients

The Department of Health Care Services’s CalAIM process would change the way it pays Medi-Cal managed care plans to incentivize long-term improvements in quality of care and health outcomes for patients. It specifically calls out the need and potential benefit…

January 28, 2020

•Medi-Cal
Behind the Headlines

Covered California Enrollment Deadline Looms

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The deadline to enroll in a health insurance plan through Covered California is drawing near, but consumers this week can sign up and avoid the new state penalty.

January 27, 2020

•Health Insurance Coverage
Report

How to Fulfill the Promise of Medi-Cal

One of the most important steps California can take to live up to its social and economic potential is to improve the effectiveness of the enormously important Medi-Cal program.

January 22, 2020

•Medi-Cal
Report

Getting to Affordability: Spending Trends and Waste in California’s Health Care System

Health care is still far too expensive for many Californians. Crucial to any cost containment effort is a detailed understanding of what costs are being reduced, where they are coming from, and who has the potential to capture the savings.…

January 22, 2020

•Health Care Costs/Affordability
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California Improvement Network Announces New Partner Organizations

Twenty health care organizations have been selected as partners for the California Improvement Network (CIN) in 2020-2021. Collectively, these organizations serve or support more than 25 million patients across the state — more than half the population of California.

January 17, 2020
Behind the Headlines

Newsom Budget Proposal Signals Health Care Priorities

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Five key health care items in the governor’s proposed budget tackle important problems, including homelessness, affordability, and behavioral health capacity.

January 17, 2020

•Facts and Data
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You’ve Got to Hear This: Funding a New Health Policy Podcast

If it seems like everyone you know is recommending that you listen to their favorite podcast, you’re not alone.

January 16, 2020

•Maternal Health, Older Adults
Behind the Headlines

‘Food Pharmacies’ Fill Physician Prescriptions for Fresh Produce

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Food access issues and other social barriers to health have driven the health care system to take an increasingly holistic approach to delivering care.

January 13, 2020

•Health Care Costs/Affordability
Expert Perspective

Inland Empire’s McNaughton Feels a ‘Sacred Calling’ to Connect People with Care

The Inland Empire Health Plan’s new CEO is continuing the trailblazing path that Californians have come to expect from the large and influential managed care plan.

January 10, 2020

•Health Care Costs/Affordability
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Assessing the Effectiveness of CHCF’s Health Journalism Grant Portfolio

For over 20 years, the California Health Care Foundation has funded nonprofit journalism to help strengthen the media’s capacity to cover health policy in California. The goal of this investment: to ensure that audiences have access to timely, relevant information…

January 9, 2020

•Facts and Data
Report

The State of Health Journalism in California

Comprehensive news coverage of health issues in California is essential for health officials and decisionmakers at the community, county, and state levels, as well as residents seeking information on matters that impact their lives. The dramatic changes in the media…

January 9, 2020

•Facts and Data
Report

Commissioning Change: How Four States Use Advisory Boards to Contain Health Spending

Controlling the growth of health spending is central to any state effort to achieve universal coverage and to relieve consumers struggling with out-of-pocket costs. California can learn from four states that have established state commissions to measure, monitor, and set…

January 9, 2020

•Health Care Costs/Affordability
Feature Story

Reducing Mental Health Disparities with Community Support in Solano County

How a California county figured out how to ease access disparities in its Latino, Filipino, and LGBTQ communities.

December 20, 2019

•Behavioral Health

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New University of California Program Will Double Pipeline of Specialized Mental Health Providers in Response to Growing Crisis

Why a Shared Savings Program Is Critical to CalAIM

Shared Savings: Financial Incentives to Spur Better Care for Medi-Cal Patients

Covered California Enrollment Deadline Looms

How to Fulfill the Promise of Medi-Cal

Getting to Affordability: Spending Trends and Waste in California’s Health Care System

California Improvement Network Announces New Partner Organizations

Newsom Budget Proposal Signals Health Care Priorities

You’ve Got to Hear This: Funding a New Health Policy Podcast

‘Food Pharmacies’ Fill Physician Prescriptions for Fresh Produce

Inland Empire’s McNaughton Feels a ‘Sacred Calling’ to Connect People with Care

Assessing the Effectiveness of CHCF’s Health Journalism Grant Portfolio

The State of Health Journalism in California

Commissioning Change: How Four States Use Advisory Boards to Contain Health Spending

Reducing Mental Health Disparities with Community Support in Solano County

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