Healing Healthcare

From Fragmentation to Accountability: What’s Next for California Healthcare

California’s healthcare system continues to face challenges with fragmentation and accountability. In this episode of Healing Healthcare, Dr. Chris Esguerra shares his perspective on how leaders can work together to better meet the needs of our communities.

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Our Guest: Chris Esguerra, M.D., Deputy Director, Chief Medical and Quality Officer, California Department of Health Care Services

California has made progress in whole-person care and social care integration, yet healthcare fragmentation, financial pressures, and care coordination challenges remain. In this episode of Healing Healthcare, Dr. Chris Esquerra discusses how healthcare organizations can collaborate more effectively, align investments with measurable outcomes, and deliver care that better meets the needs of patients and communities.

Topics Include:

Reducing fragmentation across medical, behavioral, social, and community care
Building trust-based partnerships across healthcare and community organizations
Improving access through more proactive, person-centered care
Aligning incentives and investments around measurable outcomes
Sustaining essential services amid financial and policy pressures
Integrating social care and community health workers into care delivery
Strengthening accountability to communities and acting on their priorities
Defining value as the right care, for the right person, at the right time and cost