Kristof Stremikis

Director, Market Analysis and Insight at @CHCFnews. Opinions and tweets are my own.

[California Health Care Foundation @CHCFNews]

"COVID-19 has definitively shaped the views of Californians over the last year, and addressing the pandemic has become Californians' top policy priority by far," said @KStremikis, CHCF director of market analysis and insight. #CHCFHealthPoll https://t.co/J7fFl7MqVB

[California Health Care Foundation @CHCFNews]

The strong consensus of researchers is that health care consolidation leads to higher prices and lower quality care for U.S. patients. Our own @KStremikis spoke to @dylanscott about the effects of market consolidation. https://t.co/Rslk3MN4ZM

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

New from @CHCFNews: The 2021 CA Health Policy Survey found more Californians — 63% — say addressing the COVID-19 crisis is “extremely important” than any other priority in the three years CHCF has conducted this annual survey. https://t.co/Ykf2nR9G0z

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

Like planting trees or putting money in a 401(k), the best time to invest in building California's health workforce was 10 or 20 years ago — but the second-best time to do it is right now.

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While antitrust complaints remain impt tools for ensuring large systems don’t abuse their market power, it is clear that addt'l public policy interventions are urgently needed in CA's heavily consolidated hospital, physician group, and insurance markets. https://t.co/Di3DkbH0xg

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To meet its health workforce challenges, California must develop a modern workforce that delivers smarter, more affordable care. RT to share some of the workable solutions. https://t.co/M6V8seUOLu @CFHWC @HealthforceUCSF

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

From the @CHCFNews Almanac report on California's physician supply: The Inland Empire and San Joaquin Valley regions have half as many physicians per 100,000 residents as the Greater Bay Area. https://t.co/AERacTtUG4

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

Additionally, Latinos and African Americans were substantially underrepresented in California's health workforce. Only 5% of doctors identified as Latino, a group that constitutes 38% of California’s general population.

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Staffing shortages in CA are more acute than the shortage of beds. The system is blinking red when it comes to the work force — we don’t have enough of many diff types of clinicians in CA and they’re not in the right places. https://t.co/d6CPRZm63L @thomasfullerNYT @mannyNYT

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

California nursing homes with certain characteristics — being for-profit, having low staffing levels, and having a higher percentage of Black or Latinx residents — were associated with higher Covid-19 case and death rates, our new study found. https://t.co/G8nWtivP36

[California Health Care Foundation @CHCFNews]

Register now for our December 9 briefing on the health care market in California's Inland Empire. The panel includes speakers from @IEHP_healthcare @RCMADocs @WeAreCHAISR. Our @KStremikis will moderate. https://t.co/t5ZfZatvru

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

Join CHCF on 11/9 to learn about the health care market in the Humboldt/Del Norte region. For the fourth time since 2009, CHCF has commissioned studies of 7 large & diverse regional markets; this is the 1st time the Humboldt/Del Norte region was included. https://t.co/VhZ1rqQ0Ob

[California Health Care Foundation @CHCFNews]

New CHCF | @ipsosus tracking poll: 85% of Californians support stricter shelter-in-place rules if those rules would prevent deaths. 89% of Black residents, 85% of Asian residents, and 91% of Latinx residents would support stricter rules to prevent deaths. https://t.co/NW8SIVi6IR

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

The #2020Census takes just a few minutes to complete. @uscensusbureau is bound by law to protect your answers and keep them strictly confidential. Take it here: https://t.co/gq4gaYXGoa

[Sandra R. Hernández, MD @srhernandezmd]

Cutting the #2020Census count short by a month is a mistake. Accurate Census data are critical to target resources to the communities that need them the most. We need to count every person. Read this letter from more than 480 philanthropic leaders. https://t.co/G02jJnPu8I

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

Our latest COVID-19 tracking poll, which surveyed certified nurse assistants and people in food service, janitorial staff, housekeeping, and laundry, found that more than 9 in 10 respondents are worried about contracting the disease while working at SNF. https://t.co/AmI5tPBp0M

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Get the full poll results here: https://t.co/esmQAdPqlN

To see previous poll results, visit: https://t.co/n6YVwK8e2u

[Kristof Stremikis @KStremikis]

Latest @CHCFNews poll with @Ipsos finds growing concern among Californians that they or a family member will contract COVID-19 and that the shelter-in-place order is being relaxed too quickly. https://t.co/esmQAdPqlN

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Just over two-thirds of Californians (69%) who leave home to go to work say their employer has “done enough to ensure employees are safe where they work,” while 21% say they have “not done enough.” Nearly 10% say they don’t know.

[Lisa Aliferis @laliferis]

Big findings from our @CHCFnews @Ipsos COVID poll this week 77% are worried about contracting COVID; 53% say state reopened too quickly w/@KStremikis @NTebi https://t.co/uRbnBYsQPs