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  • Uncompensated care provided by hospitals, 2013 - 2017
    Report

    Uncompensated Hospital Care Costs in California, 2013 to 2017

    This page provides the most recent data on uncompensated care costs at California hospitals. Since the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014, the cost of uncompensated care at California hospitals has plummeted from $3.1 billion (in 2013)…

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Benday dot illlustration of two similar faces merging or connecting.
    Behind the Headlines

    Will the Data Walls Come Tumbling Down?

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Electronic health records are supposed to take the US health care system into the 21st century while improving quality of care. Is that dream within reach?

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Mitch Katz speaks at California Improvement Network meeting.
    Expert Perspective

    Mitch Katz Leads Candid Discussion About Health Costs

    Video: Mitch Katz, MD, the former Los Angeles County health director who left last year to take the helm of New York City Health + Hospitals, returned to California to give the California Improvement Network his provocative views on managing…

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • David Carlisle in front of portrait of Charles Drew, university founder
    Expert Perspective

    Doctor Builds a Diverse Health Care Workforce for California

    As president of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, David Carlisle, MD, PhD, is making what may be his greatest impact in a stellar career in academia, clinical care, and state health policymaking. In…

    •Health Workforce
  • Data Insight

    California FQHCs: Financial and Operational Performance Analysis

    This Capital Link report provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of California Federally Qualified Health Centers for 2013–17. This includes financial performance, utilization, payer mix, and more.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Report

    Whole Person Care Pilot Program: A Mid-Point Check-In

    Across California, 25 pilot programs are working to closely coordinate physical and behavioral health care with social services to help Medi-Cal enrollees with high-cost, complex needs. This paper provides an update on their progress and outlines remaining challenges.

    •Behavioral Health
  • A crowd gathers around state Sen. Maria Elena Durazo before a committee hearing on legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to adults who are in the country illegally. (Harriet Blair Rowan/California Healthline)
    Behind the Headlines

    Undocumented Adults Face ‘Shifting Patchwork of Programs’ in California

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Journalists describe the uneven local programs providing care for California’s undocumented adults.

    •Health Equity
  • 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