California Association of Health Plans President and CEO Charles Bacchi- 2025 Realities, Upcoming CAHP Conference

About this episode

Charles Bacchi discusses the challenges facing health plans in California and the upcoming CAHP conference.

Charles returns to the show, touching on his past as a soccer coach before sharing the realities health plans are facing in California. Charles also shares with host Gavin Ward about the upcoming fall CAHP conference, including how leaders from health plans, providers, and DHCS will be attending to present as well as network.

People in this episode

Host: Gavin Ward

Guest: Charles Bacchi

Topics covered

• health plans
• California
• CAHP conference

Keywords

• soccer coach
• healthcare leaders
• networking

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California

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