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Investing in Innovation
From ending the opioid crisis to making care affordable for all, solving health care's most intractable challenges will require innovative solutions. Through direct investments, grants, and partnerships, CHCF helps innovations succeed and scale in the safety net.

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CHCF Health Innovation Fund

From ending the opioid crisis to making care affordable for all, solving health care's most intractable challenges will require innovative solutions. The CHCF Health Innovation Fund invests in market-based solutions with the potential to improve access and health outcomes for low-income Californians.

Why Medicaid Is an Untapped Opportunity for Innovation

Melissa Buckley

Behavioral Health, Investing in Innovation

Physician Andrey Ostrovsky learned a lot as an entrepreneur and during a stint as chief medical officer at the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. Melissa Buckley, director of the CHCF Health Innovation Fund, asked him to share insights about opportunities and pitfalls in the Medicaid space.

New CHCF Investment Streamlines Care Coordination in the Safety Net

Melissa Buckley

Investing in Innovation, Providers

Health care providers cannot effectively coordinate a patient’s care without access to a shared set of accurate clinical information about that patient. That’s what Collective Medical aims to provide, and that’s why it has received the CHCF Health Innovation Fund’s latest program-related investment.

Prime for Disruption

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.

Opportunities for Emerging Technologies in the Medicaid Market

Medi-Cal, Telehealth

Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs. Learn more about the myriad opportunities for innovation within this market.

CHCF Invests in Quartet to Expand Care Coordination in California

Behavioral Health, Investing in Innovation

The CHCF Health Innovation Fund invests in Quartet, whose digital platform better integrates primary and behavioral health care for patients with co-occurring physical and mental health issues.

The Big Shortage: How Technology Can Help Solve America’s Health Workforce Problem

Sandra R. Hernández

Telehealth, Workforce

CHCF President and CEO Sandra Hernández gave the keynote address at the annual Health 2.0 Conference on the role of technology in solving America's health workforce challenges. This article is adapted from that talk.

Success of eConsult Implementation Depends on Workflow

Patient-Centered Care, Providers, Telehealth

The eConsult system has been successful in Los Angeles County, but health plans adopting it elsewhere should consider the lessons learned by Partnership HealthPlan in California.

ACAP Medicaid Innovation Challenge Selects Winner from Diverse Field of 70+ Digital Health Companies

Behavioral Health, Investing in Innovation

As part of its effort to encourage entrepreneurs to enter the Medicaid market, CHCF co-sponsored the ACAP Medicaid Innovation Challenge, whose winner, AbleTo, receives $100,000 and a pilot opportunity.