Home and Community-Based Services Spending Plan

On July 12, the Department of Health Care Services submitted California’s $4.6 billion Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Spending Plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On September 3, CMS responded to the DHCS plan which included a request for more information. DHCS submitted its further updated plan on September 17. This plan will expand services for California’s most vulnerable and at-risk residents through the state’s Medi-Cal program. These investments build on the bold proposals in the California Comeback Plan to build capacity and transform critical safety net programs, as well as promote economic mobility and social stability.

California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal

CalAIM is a DHCS initiative to reform the Medi-Cal program and, in turn, improve the quality of life and health outcomes of Medi-Cal members. We will implement broad delivery system, program and payment reform across the Medi-Cal system, building upon the successful outcomes of various pilots.

• CalAIM 1115 Demonstration & 1915(b) Waiver Updates