Federally Qualified Health Centers

Concert Health Aims to Scale Collaborative Mental Health Care

January 30, 2020

Behavioral Health, Investing in Innovation, Telehealth, Workforce

Patients served by small and rural primary care physicians may benefit from a remote version of this increasingly popular model for providing mental health care.

Why a Shared Savings Program Is Critical to CalAIM

January 28, 2020

Anne Sunderland

Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing

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.

Creating Strong Community Health Center Partnerships

Today's rapidly shifting health care landscape, including an increased emphasis on population health, clinical integration, and value-based care, is spurring community health centers (CHCs) to forge new partnerships to improve care and ensure long-term sustainability. This collection of resources is intended to help CHCs forge successful, long-lasting partnerships.

New Study Shows Lagging Quality Improvement in Medi-Cal Managed Care

September 25, 2019

Christopher Perrone

Over the last decade, California hasn't seen the level of quality improvement expected from Medi-Cal, one of the state's most important programs.

‘Trust Our Patients So They Can Trust Us’

September 18, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

At an Oakland clinic, patients who once lived on the streets are helping to improve care for the unsheltered.

‘Treat Me Like a Person’: What We’ve Heard So Far from Californians with Low Incomes

August 16, 2019

Medi-Cal, Workforce

A new research project is exploring how Californians in the safety net experience their health care and what they hope to get out of their encounters.

To Switch or Not to Switch — That Is the Question

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.

Putting Prescription Refill Automation Tech to the Test in the Safety Net

Investing in Innovation

The average physician receives 10 to 25 prescription refill requests per day, contributing to a growing administrative burden — especially in under-resourced safety-net institutions. A tech solution helped two California health centers.

Mitch Katz Leads Candid Discussion About Health Costs

Health Care 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 financial risk and total cost of care.

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.

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 Californians by strengthening the population health management capabilities of safety-net organizations.

2019 Edition — California’s Health Care Safety Net

Matthew Newman, Eunice Roh

This Almanac report, California’s Health Care Safety Net: A Patchwork of Programs and Providers, presents data on the providers and programs that comprise California’s system for providing health care to people with low incomes.

Health Workforce Shortages Make Telehealth a Lifeline to Rural Care

Anne Sunderland

Workforce, Telehealth, Medi-Cal

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.

Comments on Proposed Regulation — Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds

Sandra R. Hernández

CHCF submitted this letter to express our strong opposition to the Department of Homeland Security's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("proposed rule") on "public charge," published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018.

Forces for Change: A Landscape of the Statewide and Regional Clinic Consortia in California

Pacific Health Consulting Group

This report provides a comprehensive landscape of California's statewide and concludes by recommending a series of strategic opportunities to further strengthen consortia impact.