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June 15, 2020

Reforming Prior Authorization in California

February 4, 2025

Kristof Stremikis

Health Care Costs

How automation and other solutions could reduce delays, improve patient outcomes, and make care more affordable.

Three Charts That Help Explain the Financial Health of California’s Hospitals

Health Care Costs

This dashboard, updated quarterly as new data become available, provides estimates of costs and revenue for California hospitals from 2019 to the most recent quarter available.

California’s Cap on Health Costs Is the Nation’s Strongest. Will Patients Notice?

September 24, 2024

Health Care Costs

By 2029, hospitals, doctors, and insurers cannot increase spending by more than 3% annually.

Sandra Hernández Reflects on Mark Ghaly’s Legacy

September 6, 2024

Health Equity, Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Workforce, Data Exchange, Health Care Costs

CHCF leader hails departing state health secretary as ‘one of the most transformational health leaders in California history.’

Community Benefit in California Hospitals: A Landscape Review

Linda Cummings, Marsha Regenstein, Jennifer Trott

Health Care Costs

This report provides a landscape review of community benefit scope and practice in California nonprofit hospitals.

Formidable California Health Reform Advocate Moves to Nation’s Capital

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Health Care Costs

Anthony Wright reflects on 22 years in Sacramento fighting for better health care for Californians.

California Regulator Adopts Rule to Restrain Health Care Costs

Health Care Costs

The number of US states with regulations limiting health care costs now increases to nine.

National Health Spending Almanac — 2025 Edition

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs

National health care spending totaled $4.9 trillion in 2023. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

The 2024 CHCF Central Valley Health Policy Survey

Jen Joynt, Rebecca Catterson, Emily Alvarez

Behavioral Health, Workforce, Health Care Costs

In late 2023, CHCF and NORC at the University of Chicago conducted a representative, statewide survey of Californians’ health care opinions and experiences, which included an oversample with 1,525 Central Valley respondents age 18 and older.

Top Five Takeaways from CHCF’s 2024 California Health Policy Poll

January 31, 2024

Kristof Stremikis

Behavioral Health, Health Care Costs, Health Equity, Workforce, Homelessness & Health Care

The annual statewide poll offers a comprehensive look at the health issues Californians are most worried about — and what they hope state policymakers will prioritize this year.

The 2024 CHCF California Health Policy Survey

Jen Joynt, Rebecca Catterson, Emily Alvarez

Health Care Costs, Health Equity, Homelessness & Health Care, Maternal Health, Behavioral Health

Conducted in fall 2023, this survey collected Californian adults’ opinions and experiences on various health care topics, including mental health, medical debt, racial equity, and more.

How to Identify and Support Emerging Risk Medi-Cal Members with Complex Social and Behavioral Needs

Center for Accelerating Care Transformation at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Vayu Health

Behavioral Health, Health Equity, Health Care Costs

Many Medi-Cal enrollees with diabetes have unmet behavioral and social needs. Medi-Cal health plans and providers are identifying how to reduce barriers to care and better support patients’ health.

California Health Care Spending Almanac — 2023 Edition

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

Between 2010 and 2020, health care spending in California grew faster on an annual average basis than health spending in the US and the economic growth in the state. This Almanac quick reference guide provides an overview of spending in California.

The Big Health Care Wins in California’s State Budget

Medi-Cal, Expanding Health Coverage, Workforce, Health Care Costs, Data Exchange

California’s 2022–23 state budget represents one of the most significant investments in health care in a generation.

My Comments on the Healthy California for All Commission’s Final Report

Sandra R. Hernández

Expanding Health Coverage, Health Care Costs, Workforce, Medi-Cal, Data Exchange

CHCF's president and CEO, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Gavin Newsom, shares her thoughts on the panel's report.