CalAIM

New CHCF Poll Shows Californians’ Concerns About Obtaining Home-Based Supports

February 15, 2023

Health Equity, Medi-Cal, Older Adults with Complex Needs, Workforce

From personal experience, Californians are acutely aware of our health systems’ weaknesses serving older adults and others with chronic illnesses or disabilities.

Getting Out of Prison Is ‘Terrifying’

February 12, 2023

Nisi Marie Wilder, J. Duncan Moore Jr.

Medi-Cal, Behavioral Health, Health Equity

A Californian recounts her experience of being released from incarceration before her Medi-Cal coverage kicked in.

Billing Better in CalAIM

Aurrera Health Group

This issue brief outlines key challenges with each step of the billing process and technological and process-oriented recommendations for addressing them. Recommendations reflect potential strategies that could be implemented by the Department of Health Care Services, managed care plans, and providers in the current delivery system.

Knitting Together Health and Social Services in Los Angeles

January 25, 2023

Homelessness & Health Care

An interview with Dr. Clemens Hong at the LA County Department of Health Services.

Housing-Related Community Supports

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Homelessness & Health Care

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 Community Supports.

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

January 11, 2023

Medi-Cal, Health Equity

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 Academy for Homeless Service Providers

Homelessness & Health Care

This 10-part training series was designed for housing and homeless service agencies interested in contracting with managed care plans to provide housing-related Community Supports. Each of the 10 webinars is freely available. Materials are also available for download.

Community-Based Organizations to Join Reimagined California Improvement Network

January 9, 2023

Kathryn Phillips

Medi-Cal, Health Equity

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.

Reflections on CalAIM’s First Year

January 9, 2023

Medi-Cal, Health Equity, Behavioral Health, Data Exchange, Homelessness & Health Care

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

Prescription for Better Health: A Home

December 14, 2022

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Homelessness & Health Care

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.

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

December 13, 2022

J. Duncan Moore Jr.

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.

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

Homelessness & Health Care

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 guidance, along with key issues that remain.

Street Medicine in California: ‘Go to the People’

December 12, 2022

Avram Goldstein

Homelessness & Health Care, Behavioral Health, Health Equity

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.

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

December 12, 2022

Torshira Moffett, Carrie Graham

Medi-Cal, Older Adults with Complex Needs

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.

November 14, 2022

Webinar Series — CalAIM and Housing-Related Community Supports

November 14, 2022 - December 12, 2022

This four-part webinar training series is designed for plans interested in learning best practices to implement housing-related Community Supports.