California HCAI
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HCAI expands equitable access to quality, affordable health care for all Californians through resilient facilities, actionable information, and the health workforce each community needs.
California did it again! The price of #CalRx® #Naloxone has dropped, from $22.50 to $19 starting on January 1, 2026!
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HCAI’s CalRx program is committed to expanding access to low-cost, life-saving medications. Get your naloxone today.
https://bit.ly/4p2utvS
#EndOverdose
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HCAI’s CalRx program is committed to expanding access to low-cost, life-saving medications. Get your naloxone today.
https://bit.ly/4p2utvS
#EndOverdose
CalRx drives down the cost of naloxone as state program reverses nearly 400,000 overdoses | Governor of California
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December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
California did it again! The price of #CalRx® #Naloxone has dropped, from $22.50 to $19 starting on January 1, 2026!
https://bit.ly/4jqxl4J
HCAI’s CalRx program is committed to expanding access to low-cost, life-saving medications. Get your naloxone today.
https://bit.ly/4p2utvS
#EndOverdose
https://bit.ly/4jqxl4J
HCAI’s CalRx program is committed to expanding access to low-cost, life-saving medications. Get your naloxone today.
https://bit.ly/4p2utvS
#EndOverdose
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Since 2018, California's Naloxone Distribution Project has reversed nearly 400,000 overdoses in the state.
And starting Jan. 1st, Californians will be able to buy CalRx-branded over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray for just $19 — less than half of the original market price.
And starting Jan. 1st, Californians will be able to buy CalRx-branded over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray for just $19 — less than half of the original market price.
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Since 2018, California's Naloxone Distribution Project has reversed nearly 400,000 overdoses in the state.
And starting Jan. 1st, Californians will be able to buy CalRx-branded over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray for just $19 — less than half of the original market price.
And starting Jan. 1st, Californians will be able to buy CalRx-branded over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray for just $19 — less than half of the original market price.
Overall #California hospital procurement from diverse businesses rose by $321.3 million, or 15%, from 2022 to 2024. To learn more about supplier diversity in California hospital procurements, check out our data visualization linked below: https://bit.ly/4j4Z8Hz
Supplier Diversity in California Hospital Procurements, 2022-2024 - HCAI
Hospitals reported a $439.7 million (20%) increase in total diverse procurement spend from 2022 to 2023. Despite a $118.4 million (5%) decline from 2023 to 2024, overall spend rose by $321.3 million (...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Overall #California hospital procurement from diverse businesses rose by $321.3 million, or 15%, from 2022 to 2024. To learn more about supplier diversity in California hospital procurements, check out our data visualization linked below: https://bit.ly/4j4Z8Hz
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To support LGBTQ youth, who remain disproportionately impacted by suicide risk & mental health challenges, 1,000+ crisis counselors will be offered new training in partnership with The Trevor Project across the state’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline centers.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
To support LGBTQ youth, who remain disproportionately impacted by suicide risk & mental health challenges, 1,000+ crisis counselors will be offered new training in partnership with The Trevor Project across the state’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline centers.
"The Office of Health Care Affordability’s targets aiming to keep health care cost growth in line with income growth are a welcome effort to curb cost growth and provide relief for working Californians." - @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4pIjLvA
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4pIjLvA
Job-based health care costs are growing—and workers are paying the price
This blog post examines the extraordinary growth in job-based health care costs, how this impacts California workers, and what the state can do to mitigate the problem. We focus on costs for family co...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The Office of Health Care Affordability’s targets aiming to keep health care cost growth in line with income growth are a welcome effort to curb cost growth and provide relief for working Californians." - @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4pIjLvA
Read more here: https://bit.ly/4pIjLvA
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Caring for your mental health shows strength, not weakness. Support yourself & others this holiday season & beyond:
💙 Check in with yourself
💙 Stay connected through call or text
💙 Prioritize sleep
💙 Move your body
💙 Text or call 988 for 24/7 emotional support
💙 Check in with yourself
💙 Stay connected through call or text
💙 Prioritize sleep
💙 Move your body
💙 Text or call 988 for 24/7 emotional support
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Caring for your mental health shows strength, not weakness. Support yourself & others this holiday season & beyond:
💙 Check in with yourself
💙 Stay connected through call or text
💙 Prioritize sleep
💙 Move your body
💙 Text or call 988 for 24/7 emotional support
💙 Check in with yourself
💙 Stay connected through call or text
💙 Prioritize sleep
💙 Move your body
💙 Text or call 988 for 24/7 emotional support
From 2023 to 2024, persons experiencing #homelessness represented 3.0% of all hospital encounters in #California.
With our tool linked below, users can get a better understanding of hospital and health system utilization across California. https://bit.ly/4oNyHHy
With our tool linked below, users can get a better understanding of hospital and health system utilization across California. https://bit.ly/4oNyHHy
Hospital Encounters for Persons Experiencing Homelessness in California: Patient Demographics by Facility, 2023-2024 - HCAI
This visualization shows the percent of encounters for “Homeless” patients and the percent of encounters for “Non-Homeless” patients by demographics.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
From 2023 to 2024, persons experiencing #homelessness represented 3.0% of all hospital encounters in #California.
With our tool linked below, users can get a better understanding of hospital and health system utilization across California. https://bit.ly/4oNyHHy
With our tool linked below, users can get a better understanding of hospital and health system utilization across California. https://bit.ly/4oNyHHy
Over 43% of #California’s health workforce speaks a language other than English well enough to provide care, representing more than 50 different languages across 47 key licensed health professionals.
Go check our languages spoken data tool to learn more: https://bit.ly/49hQVKv
Go check our languages spoken data tool to learn more: https://bit.ly/49hQVKv
Languages Spoken by California's Health Workforce - HCAI
A visualization helping to identify areas where certain languages are underrepresented in key healthcare roles.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Over 43% of #California’s health workforce speaks a language other than English well enough to provide care, representing more than 50 different languages across 47 key licensed health professionals.
Go check our languages spoken data tool to learn more: https://bit.ly/49hQVKv
Go check our languages spoken data tool to learn more: https://bit.ly/49hQVKv
As a Procurement and Contracts Analyst you’ll manage complex procurements and contracts, ensure compliance, guide staff, and maintain records for HCAI’s agreements, grants, and solicitations.
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As a Procurement and Contracts Analyst you’ll manage complex procurements and contracts, ensure compliance, guide staff, and maintain records for HCAI’s agreements, grants, and solicitations.
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
In 2024, over 300,000 severe sepsis patients were treated in California hospitals. About 13%, over 42,000, of those died in hospital.
Use our data product linked below to learn more about sepsis hospitalizations in California: https://bit.ly/2WOYto1
Use our data product linked below to learn more about sepsis hospitalizations in California: https://bit.ly/2WOYto1
Hospitalizations for Severe Sepsis in California - HCAI
Visualization on patient data on in-hospital and 30-day mortality, length of stay, charges, and expected payers for severe sepsis hospitalizations.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In 2024, over 300,000 severe sepsis patients were treated in California hospitals. About 13%, over 42,000, of those died in hospital.
Use our data product linked below to learn more about sepsis hospitalizations in California: https://bit.ly/2WOYto1
Use our data product linked below to learn more about sepsis hospitalizations in California: https://bit.ly/2WOYto1
Not all #hospitals in California provide the same quality of care. To help, we created a tool that helps users assess hospital performance and quality of care for multiple common procedures. See your hospital’s performance ratings with this link: https://bit.ly/3KDSKGB
Hospital Performance Ratings Summary Report - HCAI
This visualization helps assess hospital performance and quality of care for multiple outcomes.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not all #hospitals in California provide the same quality of care. To help, we created a tool that helps users assess hospital performance and quality of care for multiple common procedures. See your hospital’s performance ratings with this link: https://bit.ly/3KDSKGB
As a Procurement and Contracts Analyst you’ll manage complex procurements and contracts, ensure compliance, guide staff, and maintain records for HCAI’s agreements, grants, and solicitations.
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
As a Procurement and Contracts Analyst you’ll manage complex procurements and contracts, ensure compliance, guide staff, and maintain records for HCAI’s agreements, grants, and solicitations.
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by Dec. 12: https://bit.ly/3KdkwgV
#WeAreHCAI
Our Maternity Care Honor Roll 2025 data visualization provides users with an overview of 82 #California hospitals recognized for providing high quality maternity care. See if your hospital made it this year with this link: https://bit.ly/436nef5
Maternity Care Honor Roll, 2025 - HCAI
An overview of California hospitals that exceeded performance standards for maternity services.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our Maternity Care Honor Roll 2025 data visualization provides users with an overview of 82 #California hospitals recognized for providing high quality maternity care. See if your hospital made it this year with this link: https://bit.ly/436nef5
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Together, by helping one another, Californians can get through anything. For more ways to give back this season of giving, visit californiavolunteers.ca.gov. 🎁 #SeasonOfGiving
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Together, by helping one another, Californians can get through anything. For more ways to give back this season of giving, visit californiavolunteers.ca.gov. 🎁 #SeasonOfGiving
Can your #hospital🏥 survive a powerful earthquake?
Check out the video below to learn more about how the State of California measures hospital building seismic safety.
After that, use our dashboard in the link below to see the SPC ratings for any #California hospital. https://bit.ly/3UrCwqB
Check out the video below to learn more about how the State of California measures hospital building seismic safety.
After that, use our dashboard in the link below to see the SPC ratings for any #California hospital. https://bit.ly/3UrCwqB
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can your #hospital🏥 survive a powerful earthquake?
Check out the video below to learn more about how the State of California measures hospital building seismic safety.
After that, use our dashboard in the link below to see the SPC ratings for any #California hospital. https://bit.ly/3UrCwqB
Check out the video below to learn more about how the State of California measures hospital building seismic safety.
After that, use our dashboard in the link below to see the SPC ratings for any #California hospital. https://bit.ly/3UrCwqB
Happy #Thanksgiving!
We are thankful for the trust that our health care sector and legislative partners place in us to help expand health care access for all Californians.
In observance of the holiday, our offices will be closed on November 27 and 28. We will return on December 1.
We are thankful for the trust that our health care sector and legislative partners place in us to help expand health care access for all Californians.
In observance of the holiday, our offices will be closed on November 27 and 28. We will return on December 1.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy #Thanksgiving!
We are thankful for the trust that our health care sector and legislative partners place in us to help expand health care access for all Californians.
In observance of the holiday, our offices will be closed on November 27 and 28. We will return on December 1.
We are thankful for the trust that our health care sector and legislative partners place in us to help expand health care access for all Californians.
In observance of the holiday, our offices will be closed on November 27 and 28. We will return on December 1.
We just released a data visualization on hospital patient characteristics for 2023! The visualization provides users with a calendar year overview of patients’ demographics and other characteristics in general acute care hospital settings in CA. 👇 https://bit.ly/3iEaAfa
Patient Characteristics by County and Facility - HCAI
The 2020 Patient Characteristics by County and Facility Data Visualization presents a calendar year overview of patients in various acute care hospital settings in California. Users can view the data ...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We just released a data visualization on hospital patient characteristics for 2023! The visualization provides users with a calendar year overview of patients’ demographics and other characteristics in general acute care hospital settings in CA. 👇 https://bit.ly/3iEaAfa
❤️ Thank you to Plumas District Hospital for hosting members of HCAI leadership earlier this week! We appreciated the opportunity to share about our work and to discuss collaborative strategies to strengthen access to care for our state’s rural communities.
#NationalRuralHealthDay
#NationalRuralHealthDay
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
❤️ Thank you to Plumas District Hospital for hosting members of HCAI leadership earlier this week! We appreciated the opportunity to share about our work and to discuss collaborative strategies to strengthen access to care for our state’s rural communities.
#NationalRuralHealthDay
#NationalRuralHealthDay
Today is #NationalRuralHealthDay, a day to celebrate rural health facilities and their workers.
HCAI is leading the state’s effort to strengthen health care in rural communities through the Rural Health Transformation Program. #PowerOfRural
Learn more with this link: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
HCAI is leading the state’s effort to strengthen health care in rural communities through the Rural Health Transformation Program. #PowerOfRural
Learn more with this link: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today is #NationalRuralHealthDay, a day to celebrate rural health facilities and their workers.
HCAI is leading the state’s effort to strengthen health care in rural communities through the Rural Health Transformation Program. #PowerOfRural
Learn more with this link: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
HCAI is leading the state’s effort to strengthen health care in rural communities through the Rural Health Transformation Program. #PowerOfRural
Learn more with this link: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
Happy National Rural Health Day!
Today, we celebrate the providers, patients, and community members who embody the strength, resilience, and spirit of rural California.
Read more: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
Today, we celebrate the providers, patients, and community members who embody the strength, resilience, and spirit of rural California.
Read more: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
California State Office of Rural Health - HCAI
Happy National Rural Health Day Today, we celebrate the providers, patients, and community members who embody the strength, resilience, and spirit of rural California. Rural Health Day is more than a ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy National Rural Health Day!
Today, we celebrate the providers, patients, and community members who embody the strength, resilience, and spirit of rural California.
Read more: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
Today, we celebrate the providers, patients, and community members who embody the strength, resilience, and spirit of rural California.
Read more: https://bit.ly/483CWs2
Today we celebrate the strength of men and boys—and remind each other that mental health is part of that strength. In California, Wellness Coaches offer free, judgment-free support to youth through the #CYBHI. #InternationalMensDay
https://cawellnesscoach.org/
https://cawellnesscoach.org/
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today we celebrate the strength of men and boys—and remind each other that mental health is part of that strength. In California, Wellness Coaches offer free, judgment-free support to youth through the #CYBHI. #InternationalMensDay
https://cawellnesscoach.org/
https://cawellnesscoach.org/
🚨New #data resource alert! 🚨 HCAI’s Healthcare Payments Data program just released a set of interactive tools that anyone can use to better understand the #cost of prescription drugs in #California in 2021 and 2022.
Check it out with the link below:
https://bit.ly/4oHUlOe
Check it out with the link below:
https://bit.ly/4oHUlOe
Healthcare Payments Data (HPD): Fee-For-Service Drug Costs in California - HCAI
A visualization covering prescription drugs by cost, prescription frequency, and monthly out-of-pocket costs in California.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🚨New #data resource alert! 🚨 HCAI’s Healthcare Payments Data program just released a set of interactive tools that anyone can use to better understand the #cost of prescription drugs in #California in 2021 and 2022.
Check it out with the link below:
https://bit.ly/4oHUlOe
Check it out with the link below:
https://bit.ly/4oHUlOe
HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has released its study on why #hospital prices in Monterey County are among the highest in California.
Access the report with the link below.
https://bit.ly/47PkeWB
Access the report with the link below.
https://bit.ly/47PkeWB
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has released its study on why #hospital prices in Monterey County are among the highest in California.
Access the report with the link below.
https://bit.ly/47PkeWB
Access the report with the link below.
https://bit.ly/47PkeWB
As a Policy and Legislative Specialist, you will lead cross-program initiatives, support public committees, and shape statewide health policy.
Apply by November 17: https://bit.ly/4ov9iDp
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by November 17: https://bit.ly/4ov9iDp
#WeAreHCAI
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As a Policy and Legislative Specialist, you will lead cross-program initiatives, support public committees, and shape statewide health policy.
Apply by November 17: https://bit.ly/4ov9iDp
#WeAreHCAI
Apply by November 17: https://bit.ly/4ov9iDp
#WeAreHCAI
On this #VeteransDay, we pay tribute to all those who served in the U.S. military.
In observance of Veterans Day, our offices will be closed today. We will return on November 12.
In observance of Veterans Day, our offices will be closed today. We will return on November 12.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On this #VeteransDay, we pay tribute to all those who served in the U.S. military.
In observance of Veterans Day, our offices will be closed today. We will return on November 12.
In observance of Veterans Day, our offices will be closed today. We will return on November 12.