Ambitious PACE Organizations Expand Services Under CalAIM
CHCF December 9, 2024
If given the choice, most older adults would prefer to age in place. That’s what organizations within the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are set up to help people do. PACE is a joint Medicare-Medicaid offering for people age 55 or older who would otherwise need to reside in a nursing facility to receive care. The program provides wrap-around social and medical services so people can instead remain in their homes and communities.
Today, some ambitious PACE organizations in California are expanding beyond their traditional scope. They’re working with Medi-Cal managed care plans to provide services to a different population. All this is done through California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), the comprehensive state initiative...