Physicians

How Fine Art Can Help Doctors See Past Their Clinical Biases

October 29, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Health Equity, Workforce

What does it take for a doctor to really see a patient well? Alexa Miller uses fine art to teach medical students and clinicians how to become better observers and diagnosticians.

New Federal Data Rules Loom Large

October 23, 2020

Many Medi-Cal plans and safety-net providers feel unprepared to comply with the new standards.

The Health Care System Has the Black Community in a Choke Hold

A system that is literally supposed to help those who can’t breathe is figuratively applying a choke hold to Black people by sending them home to die when they say, "I can’t breathe."

Podcast Project Captures Voices of Black Health Care Workers

Steven Birenbaum

More than 200 health care workers have signed up to participate.

Application Deadline Extended for CHCF Leadership Program

Michelle Schneidermann

Extraordinary events have disrupted our lives, but now may be the best time ever to apply for a fellowship.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: One-Third of California Primary Care Doctors Worry Their Practices Won’t Survive

Kristof Stremikis

Workforce, Telehealth

Many physicians say their practices furloughed or laid off staff or cut physician pay while increasing telehealth visits with patients.

Webinar — Challenges and Opportunities for Telehealth During the COVID-19 Crisis

A panel of caregivers, advocates, and providers discusses the rapid adoption of telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community Health Centers Need a COVID-19 Safety Net

Xenia Shih Bion

Investing in Innovation, Telehealth, Workforce

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The COVID-19 crisis is an existential threat to thousands of primary care providers nationwide — especially those in the safety net.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: California Critical Care Doctors Report Increased Availability of Protective Gear, Tests

Kristof Stremikis

Compared with two weeks ago, California frontline clinicians are now less worried about hospitals meeting staffing needs in the next month.

Heading Off a COVID-19 Disaster for Californians Experiencing Homelessness

Michelle Schneidermann

Homelessness & Health Care

Philanthropy has a critical role to play in supporting progressive approaches to serving vulnerable people in need.

Examining the Authority of California’s Attorney General in Health Care Mergers

Samuel M. Chang, Thomas Greaney, Katherine L. Gudiksen, Jaime S. King

Health Care Costs

The health care industry has recently experienced horizontal, vertical, and cross-market consolidation unprecedented in scale and scope. This report examines the California attorney general's existing merger oversight authority, compares that to the authority held by other state AGs, and then offers a series of considerations for policymakers interested in ensuring that California’s health care markets operate in a more consumer-friendly manner.

The COVID-19 Tsunami: The Tide Goes Out Before It Comes In

Robert L. Phillips, Andrew Bazemore, Aaron Baum

Workforce, Payment & Financing

Experts warn of severe primary care disruptions without prompt federal intervention.

Gilbert Shifts Gears As He Leads Medi-Cal Through COVID-19 Pandemic

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing, Workforce

It’s a huge job, and Bradley Gilbert brings a career’s worth of experience to it.

Telehealth Is Grabbing the Pandemic Spotlight. Can California Do More to Help It Grow?

Telehealth, Medi-Cal

A Q&A with telehealth policy expert Mei Wa Kwong.

Technology’s Emerging Role in the COVID-19 Response

Melissa Buckley

Investing in Innovation, Medi-Cal, Telehealth, Workforce

Technology companies supported by the CHCF Health Innovation Fund are working on ways to harness their existing technologies to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.