The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has announced a
webinar on the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal
(CalAIM)
initiative. The webinar scheduled for Thursday, January 28,
2021 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm will be the relaunch of this initiative
which was placed on hold in 2020.
CalAIM consists of both federal waivers and state-only proposals
to simplify and streamline the Medi-Cal program, including county
behavioral health, county social services eligibility functions,
and initiatives focused on children, foster youth, and those who
are homeless or incarcerated. The proposal builds upon prior
successes in health care delivery, and proposes to provide more
services and supports for patients with complex needs. Key goals
of CalAIM include promoting whole person care, reducing program
complexity, and modernizing systems.
CSAC, county affiliates, and other stakeholders worked closely
with DHCS and provided comments on some of the individual
proposals in this package. The webinar will review each
individual components of CalAIM, including changes made to the
original proposal based on stakeholder feedback.
Individuals interested in an overview of the CalAIM proposals and
an opportunity to ask questions should register for the webinar,
here.
For more information, please visit the CalAIM
webpage.
