This week, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
announced $144 million in awards to 145 Enhanced Care
Management (ECM) and Community Supports organizations and
providers across the state as part of the Providing Access and
Transforming Health (PATH) Capacity and Infrastructure,
Transition, Expansion, and Development (CITED) initiative. These
awards come from Round 2 funding of the PATH CITED initiative,
which is intended to enable the transition, expansion, and
development of ECM and Community Supports capacity and
infrastructure. A full list of the 145 awardees, which
includes county departments and agencies, can be found
here.
ECM and Community Supports serve the highest-need Medi-Cal
managed care members in their communities through community-based
organizations and providers. The awards announcement this week
will be used to support investments in provider workforce,
infrastructure and IT systems, and capacity building to extend
health care into communities, increase coordination of care, and
provide in-person care management to members in their
communities.
The application window for PATH CITED Round 3 is expected to open
in early 2024. Additional information about the initiative can be
found on the PATH
website.
