CHCS February 1, 2023
California’s new Medicaid reform, called California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), is a statewide effort to improve and align care for all Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program) enrollees, including over two million seniors and people with disabilities (SPDs) enrollees. Among SPDs who will be impacted, 710,000 have Medi-Cal only, and 1.65 million are dually eligible for Medi-Cal and Medicare. Within the statewide CalAIM reform strategy, there are many opportunities to improve health equity for Medi-Cal enrollees, with a particular focus on people with complex health and social needs.
This Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) Policy Cheat Sheet explores several CalAIM initiatives that specifically impact SPDs and the opportunities they present to address health equity for this population. It also raises...
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