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Expanding the Role of Nurse Practitioners

Workforce
In September 2020, California passed AB 890, which opened the pathway for nurse practitioners (NPs) to treat patients without physician supervision. This was one of the California Future Health Workforce Commission’s priority recommendations to address the state’s shortage of health care workers.
CHCF Blog

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

August 16, 2019
Carlina Hansen
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.
CHCF Blog

Opioid-Dependent Newborns Get New Treatment: Mom Instead of Morphine

August 1, 2019
Dana G. Smith
Medi-Cal, Behavioral Health
Newborn care experts in Humboldt County are changing the way they treat babies born with opioid dependence. The babies spend less time in the hospital and receive less medication.
CHCF Blog

Will Low-Income Women Lose Access to the Reproductive Health Care They Need?

July 22, 2019
Xenia Shih Bion
Stories That Caught Our Attention: The Trump administration’s changes to the Title X Family Planning Program are expected to severely reduce access to reproductive health services in California and across the country.
CHCF Blog

How California Can Finally Close In on Meaningful Health Price Transparency

July 17, 2019
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs
For more than a decade, state and federal policymakers have argued for greater health care price transparency. Their efforts received a push in recent weeks.
CHCF Blog

Is Vertical Integration Bad for Health Care Consumers?

June 21, 2019
Xenia Shih Bion
Health Care Costs
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Hospital systems across the nation are buying up physician practices, and policymakers are concerned about the impact.
Collection

Beds for Boomers — Almanac Collection

Unprecedented growth in California’s senior population, is expected to have a significant impact on the state's health care system. The Almanac reports in this collection examines the growth in the state's senior population and potential impacts on acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health providers, and residential care facilities.
Publication

2008 Edition — Beds for Boomers

January 2008
Jen Joynt
California, like the rest of the nation, is anticipating unprecedented growth in the 65+ population. This Almanac report analyzes data from 2006 and prior years, as well as projections for future years, to help hospitals and other health care stakeholders assess the impact of the aging population on the need for beds.
Publication

To Switch or Not to Switch: A Guide for Community Clinics Considering Changing EHRs

May 2019
Walter Sujansky
Data Exchange
This guide will help community health center (CHC) leaders weigh the costs and benefits of remaining with their current electronic health record system (EHR) or switching to a different one. Many CHCs are considering this decision, as a shifting health care landscape requires EHRs, and the organizations that manage them, to meet increasingly robust requirements.
CHCF Blog

Lawmakers Grapple with Patients’ Surprise Medical Bills

April 12, 2019
Xenia Shih Bion
Health Care Costs, Coverage Trends
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Surprise medical bills for consumers have prompted Congress to explore new legislative remedies. California lawmakers are debating next steps to protect patients in a battle that has raged for years.
Publication

California FQHCs: Financial and Operational Performance Analysis

April 2019
Capital Link
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.
Collection

CIN Stories from the Field: Social Needs Screening and Referral Models

Homelessness & Health Care
What practices, tools, and workflows have leading health care organizations adopted to assess and address social needs that impact health?
Project

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.
Publication

2019 Edition — California’s Health Care Safety Net

March 2019
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.
Collection

California Hospitals and Emergency Departments — Almanac Collection

The reports in this Almanac collection examine hospitals and emergency departments, including supply, use of services, finances, and quality.