Complex Care Needs

For One in Five Californians, Homelessness Is Personal, CHCF Survey Finds

January 27, 2022

Michelle Schneidermann

Homelessness & Health Care

The findings underscore the urgency of collaboration to ensure success of the nascent CalAIM initiative to integrate Medi-Cal more seamlessly with social services.

Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California

Homelessness & Health Care

Medical respite care is offered in a variety of settings, with service models, staffing, funding, and length of stay tailored to local needs and assets. This two-year project provides funding for the National Institute for Medical Respite Care to promote standards and best practices in California, through trainings, tools, technical assistance, and advocacy recommendations.

Understanding Street Medicine Programs in California

Homelessness & Health Care

Street medicine brings vital health care services to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. This project seeks to better understand the characteristics of these programs and the policies and funding mechanisms that support and sustain them.

A Place of Hope and Healing Takes Shape in Alameda

December 10, 2021

Homelessness & Health Care

Supporters see an ambitious medical respite campus as a national model in care for people experiencing homelessness.

Whole Person Care Pilots Set the Stage for CalAIM

December 9, 2021

Increased community collaboration improves outcomes and saves money for payers.

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

December 8, 2021

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.

Delivering Whole-Person Care, One Meal at a Time

November 5, 2021

In Santa Cruz, a medically tailored meal pilot program reduced emergency and hospital care while improving health outcomes and helping people make healthier food choices.

Medical Respite Care Bridges Critical Gap for Californians Without Housing

August 25, 2021

Homelessness & Health Care, Medi-Cal

Recuperative care provides comprehensive services while reducing costs and hospital readmissions.

Homelessness Response 101

Homelessness & Health Care

This resource guide for health care providers offers practical information about how homeless assistance works at the local level, with particular focus on Continuums of Care and Coordinated Entry and includes suggestions on how to participate in your community’s response to homelessness.

Breaking Down Silos: How to Share Data to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness

Homelessness & Health Care, Data Exchange

With more than 150,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given day, purposeful collaboration between the housing and health care sectors are critical. This report focuses on ways in which the two systems are sharing data to better coordinate and support clients' needs.

Medical Respite: Post-Hospitalization Support for Californians Experiencing Homelessness

Aurrera Health Group

Homelessness & Health Care

Medical respite provides acute and postacute care for people experiencing homelessness who have recently been discharged from the inpatient setting. This report surveys the California medical respite landscape and examines the variation in programs by program components, funding sources and mechanisms, and challenges.

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

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.

Dual Purpose: Opportunities for Technology to Help People Enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare

October 30, 2020

Melissa Buckley

Investing in Innovation

A conversation with Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, an angel investor and former chief medical officer of the federal Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.

Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare

October 28, 2020

Amber Christ, Georgia Burke

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

One might think dual enrollment in Medicare and Medi-Cal should provide relief from health coverage worries, but many of the 1.4 million Californians with low incomes who are enrolled in both programs find it as much a struggle as a help.

Long-Term Services and Supports in Medi-Cal

Athena Chapman, Elizabeth Evenson

Millions of Californians covered by Medi-Cal live with disabling conditions or chronic illnesses and require assistance with common activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and eating. In California, a patchwork of programs provide services to help these people; they are known as long-term services and supports (LTSS).