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CalAIM Explained

CalAIM is a far-reaching initiative with many important parts. CHCF’s CalAIM Explained series can help you understand who it intends to help, what it can accomplish, and how it works.
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CalAIM is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve care and outcomes for millions of Medi-Cal enrollees. It’s also complicated, given its incredible scope and reach and the fragmented system that it strives to improve. Over a span of five years, CalAIM will introduce a myriad of new programs and make important reforms to many existing programs. CHCF’s CalAIM Explained series provides an overview of CalAIM’s goals, explains its importance, and breaks down the key changes and timeline for implementation.

CalAIM builds on prior initiatives, like the Whole Person Care pilots, Health Homes program, Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System and the Coordinated Care Initiative. Even so, successfully implementing these reforms will not be easy and will depend on several factors. Among them, the expansion of the community-connected workforce, the ability to share data across different care and social service entities, and the ability of many different organizations to work together in new and equitable ways on behalf of patients and clients they share.

DHCS also maintains a CalAIM website and calendar (PDF) with updated time frames for when different reforms will go live. That should be the primary reference for those seeking more information about the timing of specific CalAIM programs.

 

Publication

CalAIM Explained: A Five-Year Plan to Transform Medi-Cal

July 2021
Medi-Cal
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.
Publication

CalAIM Explained: Overview of New Programs and Key Changes

October 2021
Medi-Cal
CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal) will add new programs and make important reforms to many existing programs, bringing in significant federal matching dollars in addition to the millions allocated from the general fund. This explainer provides an overview of all the changes proposed.
CHCF Blog

CalAIM: Why It’s So Much More Than Another New Health Program

December 8, 2021
Kara Carter
Medi-Cal, Homelessness & Health Care, Health Equity
While there will be challenges on the journey, the end of the road holds the promise of a more just and compassionate system.
CHCF Blog

Medi-Cal Quality Strategy Explores Bold Steps Toward Health Equity

January 26, 2022
Christopher Perrone
Health Equity
The strategy will shape how health care will be provided to almost one in three Californians.
Publication

CalAIM and Health Data Sharing

May 2021
Manatt Health
Data Exchange, Medi-Cal
The California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program seeks to enhance information exchanged among managed care plans, providers, and county agencies. Learn more in this report, CalAIM and Health Data Sharing: A Road Map for Effective Implementation of Enhanced Care Management and In Lieu of Services.
Project

Aligning Housing and Health Care to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Opportunities in CalAIM

Homelessness & Health Care
To take advantage of new housing-related opportunities under CalAIM, homeless service providers and managed care plans need expert guidance. CHCF is partnering with the Corporation for Supportive Housing to provide training and ongoing technical assistance to these groups across the state.
Publication

Meeting the Moment: Strengthening Managed Care’s Capacity to Serve California’s Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

April 2021
Center for Health Care Strategies, Chapman Consulting
Older Adults with Complex Needs
This issue brief highlights challenges and opportunities to improve care for Medi-Cal Seniors and Persons with Disabilities under the state's CalAIM initiative.
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