Case Study: Building Long-Term Sustainability of CalAIM Services through a Coordination Role Medicaid transformation in California is bringing together mission-focused people at all levels of state government and community to deploy myriad new and innovative social services and funding to care for members with complex needs. State health department leaders, county health workers, managed care […]
Housing—and the lack of access to it—has long been recognized as a critical social determinant of health. The outstanding question for health care leaders is not whether health systems have a role to play but how they can make the most transformative impact in addressing homelessness. In December 2020, nonprofits Community Solutions and the Institute […]
CalAIM Leaders’ 2023 Highlights & Future Outlook: DHCS’ Michel Huizar & HC² Strategies’ Dora Barilla Link to Podcast https://lnkd.in/gx2Xvamd
Journal of Healthcare Leadership Volume 11, 2019 Issue Published online December 20, 2022 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/JHL.S200952 Introduction Health care delivery is going through tumultuous changes. Up until the 1980s, health care providers enjoyed clinical freedom to practice medicine, without much concern for costs, as long as patients were being treated. When costs began to rise, various models […]
By Mina Hanin and Dora Barilla Randall Lewis Health & Education Collaborative March 16, 2023 Like many communities, Southern California’s Inland Empire has an economy built on the model of urgent services, which only address immediate adversity and do not necessarily contribute to long-term well-being. By prioritizing, and investing in, vital conditions such as education, […]
Just 5% of patients account for 50% of the costs of healthcare in the United States. Lauran Hardin explains why deeply understanding the causes of chronic illness and the needs of complex-care patients can radically transform outcomes for not only those most at-risk, but for communities as a whole — delivering major reductions in […]
CalAIM Stories: Community Member Builds New Life with Support from Placer County and the California Department of Healthcare Services. ECM, or Enhanced Care Management, and Community Supports are innovative Medi-Cal services offered by the Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) and administered by the Professional Consulting Group (PCG). Meet Jason, a 60-year-old California Health & Wellness member who’s been through more than most […]
CalAIM Stories: PneumaCare in Colusa County Making a difference, one neighbor at a time. Esperanza clutched the white sheet of paper as waves of fear washed over her. An eviction notice! How could this be happening? She shuddered as she wondered where she and Miguel, her 7-year-old son with a disability, would live now. […]
CalAIM Stories: Hospitality House in Nevada County Making a difference, one neighbor at a time. Tyson Powers, CalAIM Program Manager for Hospitality House in Nevada County, was worried about one of his clients. His client, we’ll call her Jan, was nearly 80 years old … and homeless. She had been living for a year […]
