Welcome to the CSH Medi-Cal Academy Training Series. This series was held January–May 2023 for housing and homeless service providers interested in CalAIM housing-related Community Supports. All sessions were recorded to share with community-based organizations that could not participate during the live training sessions.

To access the CSH Medi-Cal Academy training slides and recordings, go to the toolbar on the left side of this page and click on the session title, or scroll down to download slide decks. You can also view all Medi-Cal Academy recordings on CHCF’s YouTube channel.

Here are the training sessions included in the Medi-Cal Academy, in the order they were presented:

• Medicaid 101: An Introduction for Homeless Service Providers
• Business Planning for Medi-Cal Reimbursement
• Evidence-Based Practices in Housing-Related Community Supports and Permanent Supportive Housing
• Money Matters 101: service costs, cash flow, and blended funding
• Money Matters 201: Tools for understanding costs, predicting cash flow, and braiding funding — including the CSH Services Budget Tool, an editable tool for estimating costs
• Incorporating Community Health Workers and Peers with Lived Expertise into Your Workforce
• Managed Care Plan and Medi-Cal Compliance Requirements and Claims Processes
• Common Policies and Procedures for Medi-Cal Providers, including HIPAA for new providers
• Documentation Standards and Processes for Providers New to Medical Documentation
• Software Options and Data Elements for housing-related Community Supports

CSH strives to make the information in this training series as accurate as possible as of the presentation date. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the California Department of Health Care Services’ Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports website.