This brief describes the population of older adults experiencing homelessness in California and highlights CalAIM initiatives that can help address homelessness in this group.

This report describes findings from a small observational study of Medi-Cal enrollees with high needs who lost access to contract mode In-Home Supportive Services due to policy changes.

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 critical element of the health care workforce.

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 opportunities to improve the delivery of preventive health care among similarly vulnerable populations.

This issue brief provides an overview of a transition to Medicare Medi-Cal managed care plans for dually eligible enrollees in California, along with lessons from several state leaders about their experiences integrating care for this population.

The materials provided here describe how inpatient palliative care services impacts hospital costs and offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders and the health system analysts who will be conducting analyses.

The materials provided here offer guidance on how to conduct analyses that quantify economic outcomes for established outpatient palliative care clinics and how to estimate the impact of proposed clinics. The audiences for these materials are palliative care program leaders and the health system analysts who will be conducting analyses.