About Our Organization

California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) mission is to expand equitable access to quality, affordable health care for all Californians through resilient facilities, actionable information, and the health workforce each community needs. 

HCAI Program Areas:

Facilities: monitor the construction, renovation, and seismic safety of California’s hospitals and skilled nursing facilities
Financing: provide loan insurance for nonprofit healthcare facilities to develop or expand services
Workforce: promote a culturally competent and diverse healthcare workforce
Data: collect, manage, analyze and report information about California’s healthcare infrastructure and patient outcomes
Affordability: analyze health care cost trends and drivers of spending, enforce health care cost targets, and conduct cost and market impact reviews of proposed health care consolidations