Provider Performance

For Better Outcomes and Significant Savings, Medi-Cal Must Pay Health Plans Differently

Christopher Perrone

Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing

California can strengthen its use of payment as a tool to drive performance improvements and create greater value in the Medi-Cal program, and to enhance care for Medi-Cal's more than 13 million members.

CIN Resource Kit: Improving Provider Well-Being

This resource page can serve as a starting point for health care leaders to tackle staff and provider burnout at their organizations.

California Lawmakers Asked CHCF How to Improve Access to Care in Medi-Cal. Here’s What We Told Them.

February 8, 2018

Christopher Perrone

Medi-Cal, Telehealth

Chris Perrone, director of CHCF's Improving Access team, told the California Legislature how Medi-Cal expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected access to care for people who rely on the program.

Yelp Partners with CHCF to Add Maternity Care Measures to Popular Search and Review Site

Maternal Health

Information about where to get the best maternity care can be hard to find. Yelp now displays maternity care measures for all California hospitals that deliver babies. A mobile module is also available.

Prime for Disruption

February 2, 2018

Kara Carter, Kristof Stremikis

Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. jolted Wall Street with a joint venture designed to reduce health care costs. Technology alone is not sufficient to solve the cost problem. Leaders also need to pull policy levers, fix payment systems, and spark collaboration between purchasers.

Increasing Access to Palliative Care in Rural California

Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care, Telehealth

Rural communities face formidable barriers to introducing outpatient palliative care. This project aims to connect payers and providers to increase its availability and quality in rural parts of the state.