California Health Foundation and Trust

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California Health Foundation and Trust

Basic facts
Location:| Sacramento, California
Type:| 501(c)(3)
Affiliation:| California Hospital Association
Top official:| C. Duane Dauner, President of the California Hospital Association[1]
Founder(s):| California Hospital Association
Year founded:| 1956
Website:| Official website

## Contents

* 1 Mission
* 2 Background
* 3 Work
* 3.1 Critical Access Hospital Technical Assistance Program
* 3.2 California Critical Access Hospital Network
* 3.3 Walker-Sullivan Fellowship
* 4 Political activity
* 4.1 Ballot measure activity
* 4.1.1 California Proposition 52
* 4.1.2 Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
* 5 Leadership
* 6 Finances
* 7 Recent news
* 8 See also
* 9 External links
* 10 Footnotes

California Health Foundation and Trust (CHFT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was affiliated with the California Hospital Association and based in Sacramento, California. In 2016, the CHFT advocated for the passage of California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes.[2]

## Mission[edit]

According to CHFT's website, the coalition's mission was described as follows:[3]

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California Health Foundation & Trust (CHFT) is a 501(c) (3) public benefit charity established in 1956 to sponsor and support health care, including access to health care, research and education.[4]

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## Background[edit]

As of 2019, California Health Foundation & Trust (CHFT) was affiliated with the California Hospital Association. The CHFT was founded in 1956 as a 501(c)(3). The foundation oversaw educational opportunities and grant programs for hospitals and individuals within California.[3]

## Work[edit]

In addition to its support of healthcare access, research, and education, the CHFT also offered grant programs and fellowships.

### Critical Access Hospital Technical Assistance Program[edit]

The Critical Access Hospital Technical Assistance Program was a program that sought to aid Critical Access certified hospitals. Critical Access hospitals were hospitals that were permitted to be reimbursed "on a reasonable cost basis for inpatient and outpatient services" given to Medicare patients. The program operated under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.[5][3]

### California Critical Access Hospital Network[edit]

The California Critical Access Hospital Network (CCAHN) was a statewide organization that sought to improve communication and collaboration between Critical Access certified hospitals. The CHFT helped to manage grant programs associated with the CCAHN.[3][6]

### Walker-Sullivan Fellowship[edit]

The Walker-Sullivan Fellowship was an exchange program for healthcare executives, which gave them the opportunity to study healthcare systems elsewhere in the U.S. or abroad. The fellowship provided an income of $17,000. The fellowship was established in 1963 by George Walker of Walker and Company.[7]

## Political activity[edit]

### Ballot measure activity[edit]

#### California Proposition 52[edit]

See also: California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016)

The CHFT advocated for the passage of California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes.[2] The federal government's Medicaid program helped pay for health care services provided to low-income patients. In California, this program was called Medi-Cal. For a state to receive federal Medicaid funds, the state had to contribute a matching amount of its own money. In 2009, a new program was created such that California hospitals were required to pay a fee to help California obtain the available federal Medicaid funds. This program resulted in California hospitals receiving roughly $2 billion a year in additional federal money to Medi-Cal.[8] However, California has diverted some of the funds from the hospital fee program to the state's general fund.[9]

When the initiative was approved by the state's voters, it added language to the California Constitution to require voter approval of changes to the hospital fee program to make it harder for the legislature to divert these funds from the original intended purpose of supporting hospital care to Medi-Cal patients and to help pay for healthcare for children in low-income families.[8]

#### Overview of ballot measure support and opposition[edit]

The following table details California Health Foundation and Trust's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:

Ballot measure support and opposition for California Health Foundation and Trust

Ballot measure  | Year  | Position  | Amount contributed  | Status
California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016) | 2016 | Supported | $2,000,000[2] |  aApproved

## Leadership[edit]

Below is the list of the CHFT board during the 2016 election:[1]

* Mark Laret, Chair
* Michael Covert, Chair-elect
* Roger Seaver, Past Chair
* Gregory Adams, Secretary and Treasurer
* Duane Dauner, President and CEO
* Michael Hunn, Secretary and Treasurer
* James Whipple
* Janice Ide
* James Sauer
* Jon Van Boeing
* Corwin Harper
* Louis Peltier
* Richard Yochum
* Craig Leach
* Mark Strmsek
* Peter Friedman

## Finances[edit]

The following is a breakdown of California Health Foundation and Trust's revenues and expenses as submitted to the IRS for the 2012 to 2014 fiscal years:

Annual revenue and expenses for California Health Foundation and Trust, 2012–2014

Tax Year| Total Revenue| Total Expenses
2014[1]| $150,114,034| $72,511,113
2013[10]| $60,360,641| $92,236,682
2012[10]| $206,456,544| $149,860,482

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'California Health Foundation & Trust'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

California Health Foundation and Trust - Google News

## See also[edit]

* California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016)

## External links[edit]

* California Health Foundation & Trust
* California Hospital Association

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, CHFT (2014)," accessed August 25, 2016
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Follow the Money, "California Proposition 52 (2016), Top Supporting Donors" accessed August 25, 2016
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 California Hospital Association, "California Health Foundation & Trust," accessed August 25, 2016
4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
5. ↑ National Rural Health Resource Center, "Flex Program," accessed October 26, 2016
6. ↑ Critical Access Hospital Network," accessed October 26, 2016
7. ↑ CHFT, "Walker-Sullivan Fellowship," accessed October 26, 2016
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 California Attorney General, "Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 13-0022," accessed November 12, 2014
9. ↑ Sacramento Business Journal, "Ballot measure seeks stable source of Medi-Cal funding through fee," April 22, 2014
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, CHFT (2013)," accessed August 25, 2016

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