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  • California State Capitol
    Expert Perspective

    Lawmakers Focus on Mental Health — Especially in Medi-Cal

    The California legislature is considering dozens of bills related to behavioral health and the mental health care system. CHCF’s associate director for High-Value Care gave lawmakers an overview of mental health in the state.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Case Study

    CIN Case Study: SCAN Health Plan

    How a California health plan incorporated social needs questions into its health risk assessment and partnered with a vendor, Aunt Bertha, to develop and deploy an online social service resource directory and referral system.

    •Older Adults
  • Case Study

    CIN Case Study: La Maestra Community Health Centers

    How one San Diego health center implemented the PRAPARE tool to screen patients for social needs and developed a homegrown process for referring patients to a robust system of social services.

    •Health Workforce
  • hospital emergency department entrance sign
    Expert Perspective

    How to Pay for It: MAT in the Emergency Department

    The emergency department is an ideal setting to begin medication-assisted treatment. This paper provides answers to frequently asked questions about MAT, focusing on funding and payment options.

    •Behavioral Health
  • Case Study

    CIN Case Study: Kaiser Permanente Northwest

    This case study features Kaiser Permanente Northwest, an integrated health care delivery system, and its efforts to assess and address patients’ social needs.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Tool

    CIN Stories from the Field: Social Needs Screening and Referral Models

    •Homelessness
  • Balanced Scale
    Data Insight

    How Medi-Cal’s Fiscal Balancing Act Could Soon Become More Challenging

    Medi-Cal’s best-kept secret is that even with the program’s rising enrollment and costs in recent years, its financial impact on California’s General Fund has been relatively small. That could change amid uncertainty over new financing issues.

    •Medi-Cal
  • desk with microphone in a government setting
    Inside CHCF

    It’s Time to Pay Medi-Cal Plans Differently

    On February 27, 2019, Chris Perrone, director of Improving Access at CHCF, testified before the California Senate Committee on Health during an informational hearing on “Improving Performance and Aligning Incentives in Commercial Health Insurance and Medi-Cal.” Read his testimony.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Team from UCLA-Olive View Medical Center’s Positive Care Clinic—where staff from safety-net clinics build innovation skills rooted in design thinking principles and then apply them to pilot projects.
    Project

    The Population Health Learning Network

    In partnership with the Center for Care Innovations and the Blue Shield of California Foundation, CHCF launched the Population Heath Learning Network (PHLN) in March 2018. The PHLN aims to improve the health and well-being of more than 1.2 million…

    •Primary Care
  • Mark Gahly, MD, MPH, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, speaks at a reception.
    Behind the Headline

    Newsom Names Pediatrician as California HHS Secretary

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Mark Ghaly, MD, MPH, a physician with expertise in health care delivery and community outcomes, will soon take the helm of the California Health and Human Services Agency.

    •Health Equity
  • Pills on top of money.
    Tool

    CIN Resource Page: Managing Total Cost of Care to Succeed in Risk-Based Payment

    This resource page from the California Improvement Network contains reports and tools to support success for payers and provider organizations in managing total cost of care and in risk-based payment models.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Doctor using videoconferencing for patient consultation
    Expert Perspective

    With Telehealth for the Seriously Ill, Context Matters

    Video visits are not always adequate substitutes for in-person, human-to-human connection. Our expert on end-of-life care reflects on how to strike the right balance.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Woman gives birth in a comforting and suportive environment with doula and family present.
    Behind the Headline

    In San Francisco and New York, Doulas Connect with Low-Income Mothers

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: In California and around the nation, expectant women of color prefer that doulas help them before, during, and after childbirth — and public agencies are launching programs to make it happen.

    •Maternal Health
  • Illustration of patient with many doctors communicating amongst themselves.
    Inside CHCF

    Why CHCF Is Investing to Improve Data Exchange — Again

    Compiling a patient’s complete health record still requires a herculean effort involving multiple web portals, reams of data files, and, yes, fax machines. As new means of data-sharing begin to change that, the safety net should not be left behind.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Feature Story

    Health Workforce Shortages Make Telehealth a Lifeline to Rural Care

    Telehealth can help solve California’s rural health workforce shortage by more quickly and conveniently connecting patients to distant providers, cutting long travel times and wait lists.

    •Behavioral Health