Adventist Health and CalAIM inspire health and hope for patient while reducing costs This story was shared during Session 3 of the CalAIM Academy for Hospitals and Health Systems. The series was presented in early 2025 through a partnership of HC2 Strategies, Communities Lifting Communities, and the Hospital Association of Southern California Education team and […]

PopHealth Podcast: Medi-Cal Transformation & CalAIM Initiative Heading into 2025 with Dora Barilla of HC² Strategies Link to podcast : Click Here

Gabriela’s Journey to Wellness The client’s name and photos have been changed to protect her confidentiality.   For more than 20 years, Gabriela battled diabetes, joint pain, anxiety, and depression—chronic conditions that kept her in bed instead of enjoying life. “I wasn’t physically able to do anything,” she explains. “I didn’t have no energy. I […]

Case Study: Saving Lives and Resources at New Rural Sobering Center in Butte County Click here for a pdf version of the case study. An emergency visit or arrest for public intoxication often results in expensive, avoidable personal and societal cost. The individual is left with hospital or legal bills and fines, and the community […]

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 […]