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  • Resources for New CalAIM Providers

    •Medi-Cal
  • man and woman moving boxes together
    Tool

    Housing-Related Community Supports

    This handbook was designed to help managed care plans (MCPs) establish and strengthen relationships with partners in the housing-related sector. It covers key considerations, useful steps, and best practices that MCP staff will need to successfully implement the CalAIM housing-related…

    •Medi-Cal
  • External Resource

    SCAN Foundation: PHE Flexibilities Roadmap for Policymakers

  • James Mackey, program manager for Transitions Clinic Network, outside the Community Medical Centers administration building in Stockton.
    Feature Story

    New Rules to Let Inmates Enroll in Medi-Cal Before They Leave Prison or Jail

    Although jail and prison inmates are eligible for Medi-Cal after release, they often have long waits before health services begin. These new rules are expected to improve care and reduce expensive emergency room visits.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Volunteer delivers medically tailored meal to patient's home.
    Feature Story

    Community-Based Organizations to Join Reimagined California Improvement Network

    Equity is at the center of future quality improvement work in California. Learn about the community-based organizations joining CIN as peers and partners in 2023.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Valarie Andrews
    Feature Story

    Reflections on CalAIM’s First Year

    A review of what CalAIM has already undertaken and a look over the horizon at what is still to come.

    •Medi-Cal
  • young woman helping elderly man with a cane walk
    Report

    California’s Direct Care Workforce

    Direct care workers are the personal care aides, home health aides, and certified nurse assistants that provide hands-on, daily, and long-term assistance to older adults and people with disabilities. An issue brief and Quick Reference Guide provide overviews of this…

    •Health Workforce
  • Report

    California Health Insurance Enrollment in 2021

    Total health insurance enrollment in California in 2021 increased by 1.4% (474,000) to 34.3 million enrollees. This compared to 3.3% growth in 2020.

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Feature Story

    Prescription for Better Health: A Home

    In Los Angeles County, a 10-year-old program has moved 20,000 formerly homeless people with complex health needs into housing. It now serves as a model for communities nationwide.

    •Homelessness
  • Younger woman having a conversation with older woman
    Report

    Partners in Vaccination

    This community-based project leveraged longitudinal, trusting relationships of care managers with their medically fragile clients enrolled in Medi-Cal to try to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates. Although the project did not accomplish this goal, it offers insights into challenges and potential…

    •Health Equity
  • Case manager Jesse Aires, left, accompanies Ofisi Latu around the neighborhood of the Daly City care facility where he now lives.
    Feature Story

    How a Managed Care Plan Helped a Young Man Move Out of a Nursing Home

    Effective January 1, Medi-Cal policy and payment changes under CalAIM will make it easier for long-term nursing home patients to transition to settings in the community.

    •Medi-Cal
  • Quick Read

    A Game Changer for Street Medicine: Key Takeaways from New Medi-Cal Guidelines

    In November 2022, California’s Department of Health Care Services shared an “All Plan Letter” that could make it easier for communities to establish, maintain, and fully leverage street medicine programs.This issue brief lays out the major implications of this new…

    •Homelessness
  • Street medicine team cleans wound on the leg of a woman experiencing homelessness.
    Expert Perspective

    Street Medicine in California: ‘Go to the People’

    California’s persistent homelessness crisis has fueled rapid growth in community street medicine programs dedicated to bringing health care and social services to unsheltered people.

    •Homelessness
  • Elderly woman at home receiving medical care
    Expert Perspective

    Creating Robust Provider Networks to Support Older Adults and People with Disabilities

    Experts share strategies for Medicaid agencies to meet the health and social needs of these populations by partnering with community-based organizations, institutional long-term care facilities, and Medicare providers.

    •Older Adults
  • Woman helping man in wheel chair complete medical test
    Data Insight

    What We Learned in Davis About Public Health Data and Partnerships During the Pandemic

    Public health leader Brad Pollock explains why California urgently needs standardized, secure, interoperable surveillance systems to safely leverage critical health data.

    •Technology and Innovation