Hospitals

2013 Edition — California Hospitals

Lisa Maiuro, Bret Corzine

This Almanac report, California Hospitals: Buildings, Beds, and Business, looks at the state of California's general acute care hospitals in 2010. It examines bed supply and capacity, use of services, financial health, and selected quality measures.

The Price Isn’t Right

Xenia Shih Bion

Health Care Costs, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Health policymakers in Sacramento and Washington, DC, are taking renewed interest in restraining one of the most stubborn challenges facing the nation — surging consumer health costs.

Accelerating Change: Community-Based Palliative Care in Public Hospitals

Monique Parrish

Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care

This paper describes CHCF's efforts to implement and expand community-based palliative care in one of the places where it's needed most: California's public hospitals.

When Price Transparency Isn’t Enough

January 18, 2019

Xenia Shih Bion

Health Care Costs

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: If knowledge is power, patients across the country got stronger on January 1, when a new national health care transparency policy took effect. But will consumers really benefit?

What to Expect in Health Policy Under a Divided Congress

January 8, 2019

Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce

Expanding Health Coverage

Democrats have taken control of the US House of Representatives, while the GOP continues its dominion over the Senate. What will this "split Congress" mean for health care?

California Wildfire Worsens Health Care Workforce Shortage

December 14, 2018

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Because of severe wildfire damage, the sole hospital and biggest employer in Paradise, California, is unlikely to reopen before 2020 — if ever.

Health Care’s Climate Change

October 18, 2018

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The US health care system ranks seventh among worldwide producers of carbon dioxide, the key cause of global warming, rising sea levels, and many resulting public health issues. Industry leaders are calling for urgent action.

At the Center of San Francisco’s Safety Net, the CEO Leans In

October 4, 2018

Expanding Health Coverage, Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal

Two years into her tenure as CEO of San Francisco's major public hospital, Susan Ehrlich is enchanted with her work and the management technique that won her the job.

October 15, 2018

Health Affairs Forum in Sacramento — Improving Care for Californians

Payment & Financing, Health Care Costs

October 15, 2018

The September 2018 issue of Health Affairs was entitled “California: Leading The Way?” Health Affairs returned to Sacramento for this special event.

The State of Emergency

August 28, 2018

CHCF recently published the latest edition in its wide-ranging Almanac series, "California Emergency Departments: Use Grows as Coverage Expands." Kristof Stremikis, director of CHCF's Market Analysis and Insight team, talks about the important findings.

The Only Wrong Door to Treatment Is a Revolving Door

August 23, 2018

Xenia Shih Bion

Behavioral Health

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: With opioid-related deaths skyrocketing, an Oakland emergency physician has launched a program to initiate medication-assisted treatment before patients walk out the hospital door.

2018 Edition — California Emergency Departments

Between 2006 and 2016, the number of visits to California's emergency departments increased by 44%. This Almanac report explores the data behind those visits.

Ensuring Health Plan Mergers Benefit the Community

Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

This report offers a detailed look at the results and future of infrastructure investment programs created as part of three for-profit health plan mergers in California.

A Long Road to Care for Rural Californians

Xenia Shih Bion

Payment & Financing

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Health care journalists delve into the complicated challenge of helping rural hospitals survive in a hostile financial environment.

Addiction Treatment Comes to the Emergency Department

In emergency rooms, people with opioid addiction are usually treated for their symptoms and referred to addiction treatment providers. Imagine instead if those patients were treated on the spot for the underlying disease of addiction.