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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Numerous laws require that people must have “meaningful access” to translation and interpretation services, but workforce shortages common in many health professions also exist within the medical linguistic arts.
Detailed estimates from UC-Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) reveal important data about changes to federal poverty guidelines.
KFF and CHCF conducted a survey of California residents in late 2018 to hear views on health policy priorities and learn about experiences with the health care system. This brief examines key findings.
This resource page from the California Improvement Network contains reports and tools to support leaders in health care organizations to create management systems and individual habits to succeed in an environment of continuous change.
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The first undocumented student to enter UCSF School of Medicine has graduated after pausing his medical training for one year to earn a master’s degree in public health from Harvard.
Expanding access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in hospitals is critical, given how often patients have a secondary diagnosis of opioid use disorder. This paper describes how MAT is reimbursed in acute inpatient settings and addresses three areas for payment.
University of California medical leaders are cultivating a growing cadre of dedicated students and physicians working in a program that trains them in understanding and working with specific underserved populations.
The newest CHCF Almanac notes that growth in national health spending slowed to 3.9% in 2017, most recent year with available data. It’s the slowest pace since 2013 and lower than the overall growth rate of the US economy.
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Former National Institute of Mental Health Director Thomas Insel will lead efforts to reorganize California’s mental health delivery system.
This issue brief explores trends in key data on the affordability of health coverage in California, to highlight both progress and remaining challenges to affordability on the state’s individual market under the ACA.
The role of electronic health records is evolving in most California community health centers, a trend that is challenging managers to consider changing systems to keep up with changing needs.