California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a far-reaching, multiyear plan to transform California’s Medi-Cal program and to make it integrate more seamlessly with other social services. The goal of CalAIM is to improve outcomes for the millions of Californians covered by Medi-Cal, especially those with the most complex needs. This fact sheet includes a high-level overview of the plan's details.
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New & Noteworthy

CHCF Blog

Envisioning a More Just and Inclusive Health Care System

October 15, 2021
Xenia Shih Bion
Health Equity
The new CHCF Health Equity Fellows program welcomes four participants who intend to become local or regional catalysts for health equity across California.
CHCF Blog

Information Campaigns, Mandates Produce Some Good News

October 18, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Health Equity
Public health leaders have been encouraged by increased acceptance of COVID-19 shots in communities that were lagging state and national vaccination rates.
Resource

Advancing California’s Community Health Worker & Promotor Workforce in Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal
This Resource Center offers information and tools designed to support managed care plans in integrating community health workers and promotores into their programs.
CHCF Blog

California Tackles Crucial Data Exchange Challenges

October 11, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Data Exchange
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Nationally, investment in health data infrastructure has been woefully lacking for years, with significant consequences for public health reporting.
CHCF Blog

Empowering 32 More Future Health Care Leaders

October 5, 2021
Michelle Schneidermann
Workforce
They join nearly 600 other clinicians who have participated in the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program over the last 20 years.
CHCF Blog

Shared Information Has the Power to Change Californians’ Lives for the Better

September 23, 2021
John Ohanian
Data Exchange, Health Equity, Medi-Cal
The pandemic challenges have shown that California must update health data systems to protect public health, improve care delivery, and help health and human services systems care for the whole person.
CHCF Blog

California Public Safety, Health Care Workers Confront Vaccination Mandates

October 4, 2021
Heather Tirado Gilligan
Workforce
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Holdouts push employers to the limit.
CHCF Blog

Digital Startup Is Transforming Mental Health Care in Schools

September 28, 2021
Brian Rinker
Behavioral Health, Health Equity, Investing in Innovation, Medi-Cal
The CHCF Health Innovation Fund has invested in Hazel Health’s vision for critical services for students and young adults.
Publication

In Their Own Words: How Fragmented Care Harms People with Both Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

August 2021
Susan Anthony, Rebecca Catterson, Suzanne Campanella
Behavioral Health, Homelessness & Health Care
CHCF commissioned interviews with 54 people enrolled in Medi-Cal who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorder. The paper and accompanying videos highlight what is working — and not working — for them in the health care system.
Publication

Organizations React to Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement Request for Proposals

September 2021
Bailit Health
Medi-Cal, Health Equity
In June DHCS issued a draft RFP for the first-ever statewide procurement for commercial Medi-Cal managed care plans. CHCF asked organizations to share the comments they submitted to the agency about the RFP. This report presents common themes from across those shared comments.
Resource

Essential Elements of Medi-Cal Palliative Care Services

Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
This set of tips and tools for Medi-Cal managed care plans and palliative care providers reflects the expertise and approaches of plan-provider partners around the state, and can be used to strengthen these organizations’ collaborative approach to caring for people with serious illnesses.
Publication

The Medi-Cal Maze: Why Many Eligible Californians Don’t Enroll

September 2021
Michele Cordoba, Brenda Lee, Marian Mulkey, Terri Shaw
Medi-Cal
This qualitative research was designed to better understand what prevents eligible Californians from enrolling in Medi-Cal and to identify ways to make the program even more accessible to the population it is designed to serve.
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CHCF & Podcasting

A good podcast immerses you in an intimate conversation while engaging your curiosity. Since 2019, CHCF has supported projects that feature the diverse perspectives of patients and families, clinicians, and others as they seek to navigate our difficult health care delivery system.
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