Payment & Financing - California Health Care Foundation

Payment & Financing
US health care spending is still too often based on the amount of services provided to a patient rather than the value of those services in improving a patient's health. This encourages more - not better - health care and increases costs. CHCF is helping to move health care payment and financing in California to a value-based system that supports the Triple Aim of improved population health and patient experience as well as lower costs.

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The Health Implications of Tax Reform

Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce, Devin Zatorski

ACA/Health Reform, Payment & Financing, Telehealth

Tax legislation moving rapidly through Congress has far-reaching implications for health and health care. Three health policy experts summarize the health-relevant components of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Piloting Use of Consensus Standards in Payer-Provider Contracts

Payment & Financing, Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care

Contracting processes between payers and providers to deliver palliative care can often be cumbersome. This project evaluates the use of consensus standards across multiple payer-provider contracts.

California’s Public Substance Use Disorder Treatment System for Youth: An Overview

Harbage Consulting

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing

Adolescents and young adults often find it difficult to access substance use disorder treatment in California. This paper provides considerations for expanding public programs for youth.

Key Questions When Considering a State-Based, Single-Payer System in California

Susan Philip, Marian Mulkey

ACA/Health Reform, Insurance Coverage, Payment & Financing

There is renewed interest in a potential state-based, single-payer health care system in California. Asking key questions will help clarify what this might mean for our state.

US Health Care Spending: Who Pays?

Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

Over the past 55 years, the way health care is financed has changed, with public insurance paying for more care. This graphic shows who paid for health care and how much it cost.

CIN Partners Share: Success in Payment Reform Requires More and Better Data, Plus a Dose of Experimentation

Insurance Coverage, Payment & Financing

Amid debate on health care funding in Washington, DC, California Improvement Network partners met to discuss payment reform.