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California Primary Care Initiatives

April 24, 2025

•Primary Care

Report

Strengthening Independent Primary Care Practice in California

The objective of this brief is to increase understanding of small independent primary care practices in California among purchasers and policymakers, with the goal of identifying opportunities to strengthen and sustain them.

November 19, 2024

•Primary Care

Case Study

Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care Policy

The report outlines California policies that would significantly improve access to quality primary care for all Californians, particularly those in underserved communities.

August 15, 2024

•Primary Care

Report

Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care

California can advance health equity through primary care by considering ten policy priorities, including embracing a different type of leadership and accountability.

August 1, 2024

•Primary Care

Report

Private Equity in Health Care: Prevalence, Impact and Policy Options for California and the U.S.

This brief describes national and California-specific trends in private equity acquisitions of health care service providers, such as outpatient clinics, hospitals and nursing homes.

May 7, 2024

•Primary Care

Data Insight

Providers Want to Lower Families’ High Hopes for CARE Courts

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s big new experiment to push people with mental illness off the streets and into treatment starts this fall. Counties responsible for the rollout say it may end up being more modest than advertised.

September 13, 2023

•Primary Care

Expert Perspective

How Primary Care Investments Can Advance Equity

A new report summarizes decades of research that demonstrates the many ways a reimagined approach to primary care can help reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.

June 7, 2023

•Primary Care

Data Insight

Primary Care’s Essential Role in Advancing Health Equity for California

This report surveys the research linking primary care to improved health equity. It includes 14 example recommendations to strengthen primary care and to advance equity in California across five key areas.

March 9, 2023

•Primary Care

Report

Primary Care’s Essential Role in Advancing Health Equity for California

This report highlights the significant impact of primary care on advancing health equity in California.

March 1, 2023

•Primary Care

Report

Investing in Primary Care: Why it Matters for Californians with Medi-Cal Coverage

This first-of-its-kind study examines primary care spending by 13 Medi-Cal managed care plans and finds that greater investment in primary care is associated with better quality of care and a higher plan rating.

July 25, 2022

•Primary Care

Feature Story

The Prognosis for Telehealth

The future of primary care could be a hybrid model of in-person and telehealth care, including both phone and video visits.

May 23, 2022

•Primary Care

Report

What Portion of Medi-Cal Primary Care Visits Are Provided by Health Centers?

This analysis finds that Federally Qualified Health Centers and related health centers provided 44% of all primary care visits to Medi-Cal enrollees from October 2017 to December 2019.

May 17, 2022

•Primary Care

Expert Perspective

On the Wellness Curve, Focus on Primary Health Care Will Put California Ahead

A first-of-its-kind study of primary care spending in California’s commercial health insurance market finds organizations that invest a higher proportion of spending in primary care deliver better care.

May 2, 2022

•Primary Care

Knowledge Center

Behavioral Health Spending

April 24, 2022

•Primary Care

Report

Investing in Primary Care: Why It Matters for Californians with Commercial Coverage

This study measures primary care spending, as a proportion of overall spending, among commercial health plans and provider organizations (POs) in California. Among POs, more investment in primary care was associated with better quality, fewer ED visits, and lower total…

April 19, 2022

•Primary Care

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California Primary Care Initiatives

Strengthening Independent Primary Care Practice in California

Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care Policy

Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care

Private Equity in Health Care: Prevalence, Impact and Policy Options for California and the U.S.

Providers Want to Lower Families’ High Hopes for CARE Courts

How Primary Care Investments Can Advance Equity

Primary Care’s Essential Role in Advancing Health Equity for California

Primary Care’s Essential Role in Advancing Health Equity for California

Investing in Primary Care: Why it Matters for Californians with Medi-Cal Coverage

The Prognosis for Telehealth

What Portion of Medi-Cal Primary Care Visits Are Provided by Health Centers?

On the Wellness Curve, Focus on Primary Health Care Will Put California Ahead

Behavioral Health Spending

Investing in Primary Care: Why It Matters for Californians with Commercial Coverage

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