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In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

As they contend with a homeless population estimated around 75,000, LA County leaders embrace harm reduction, a range of more lenient strategies that can include helping people more safely use drugs.

July 21, 2025

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Reforming Prior Authorization in California

How automation and other solutions could reduce delays, improve patient outcomes, and make care more affordable.

February 4, 2025

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Remembering CHCF’s Vincent James, Innovator in Design, Music, and Photography

The man who built the foundation’s website and developed its digital communications efforts for 26 years was a self-taught and highly accomplished photographer and musician.

June 27, 2024

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Medi-Cal Now Considers Income, Not Assets, of Enrollees

What does that policy change mean for safety-net patients?

April 18, 2024

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Using Pear Suite to Support Community Health Workers

A CHCF-supported start-up’s innovative services help care navigators address social determinants of health for Medi-Cal enrollees.

March 6, 2024

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Start-Up Spect Advances Health Equity with Diabetes Eye Exams

Within a year of starting to use Spect technology at a clinic in Richmond, California, the screening rate increased from 10% to 40% of the patients whose doctors recommended the exam.

November 20, 2023

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BeMe: A Digital Lifeline for Teens with Mental Health Struggles

Teens can scroll through BeMe educational content about mental health presented in the form of videos, photos, and text.

August 25, 2023

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E: Strengthen the Partnership, Improve Quality, and Monitor Operations

As the program grows and evolves, the Medi-Cal managed care plan and palliative care providers educate all relevant staff and leadership, and oversee the program together. Regular discussions between the partner organizations ensure smooth operations, enable expansion when the opportunity…

August 1, 2023

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Start-Up Provides Reproductive Care for Underserved Communities

Twentyeight Health was built to provide reproductive and sexual health care to women and birthing people of color and those with low incomes. More than half of its users are Medicaid enrollees.

May 25, 2023

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Hospital Closures, Service Cuts Loom for Some Communities. The State May Step In to Help.

After Madera Community Hospital closed earlier this year, other hospitals have signaled they are struggling financially. Legislators are considering several solutions to funnel more money to hospitals to prevent them from cutting services or closing.

April 19, 2023

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Evaluating Fiscal Outcomes for Outpatient Palliative Care

The materials provided here offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes for established outpatient palliative care clinics and how to estimate the impact of proposed clinics. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders…

March 8, 2023

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Evaluating Fiscal Outcomes for Inpatient Palliative Care

The materials provided here describe how inpatient palliative care services impacts hospital costs and offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders and the health system analysts…

March 8, 2023

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Tech Start-up Dives Into Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management

Pair Team, a CHCF investee, supports delivery of services established through the CalAIM initiative.

March 1, 2023

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State Data Exchange Framework Could Be a Game Changer If Local Agencies Get Support

The project is an ambitious effort to expand access and the sharing of health information across antiquated and siloed information systems used by medical, behavioral health, and social services providers.

November 15, 2022

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Start-Up Gains Traction with Support Platform for People Experiencing Homelessness

In California, where on any given day more than 150,000 people experience homelessness, some health care organizations are turning to a start-up company that incentivizes unhoused people to engage with case management and medical care.

August 18, 2022

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In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

Reforming Prior Authorization in California

Remembering CHCF’s Vincent James, Innovator in Design, Music, and Photography

Medi-Cal Now Considers Income, Not Assets, of Enrollees

Using Pear Suite to Support Community Health Workers

Start-Up Spect Advances Health Equity with Diabetes Eye Exams

BeMe: A Digital Lifeline for Teens with Mental Health Struggles

E: Strengthen the Partnership, Improve Quality, and Monitor Operations

Start-Up Provides Reproductive Care for Underserved Communities

Hospital Closures, Service Cuts Loom for Some Communities. The State May Step In to Help.

Evaluating Fiscal Outcomes for Outpatient Palliative Care

Evaluating Fiscal Outcomes for Inpatient Palliative Care

Tech Start-up Dives Into Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management

State Data Exchange Framework Could Be a Game Changer If Local Agencies Get Support

Start-Up Gains Traction with Support Platform for People Experiencing Homelessness

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