This page serves as a hub for ongoing meetings, past webinars, and upcoming events for the ECM and Community Supports initiatives.
Featured Webinar
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) hosted an All Comer Webinar on ECM Referral Standards and Presumptive Authorization Guidance to share details on two new policies that are intended to make it easier for Members to be referred to and engage in Enhanced Care Management (ECM) services. The webinar on Wednesday, October 9th from 11:00am-12:00pm PT walked attendees through the newly released ECM Referral Standards and ECM presumptive authorization policy.
In this webinar, DHCS leaders provided:
- An overview of why DHCS reforms that streamline referrals and authorizations for ECM are important for referral partners and Members.
- An overview of the ECM Referral Standards, which standardize the set of information all MCPs will collect via ECM referrals. Effective January 2025, entities making referrals to ECM will be able to submit the same information in their ECM referrals across counties and MCPs rather than navigating different information requests across referral forms or batch templates.
- An overview of updated requirements for Managed Care Plans (MCPs) to expand the use of ECM presumptive authorization, so more ECM Providers can start serving Members right away. Effective January 2025, select ECM Providers already contracted in an MCP's ECM Provider network will be able to authorize ECM for Members and be paid for ECM services during a 30-day timeframe while waiting for an MCP's authorization decision.
Materials for the webinar are available on the Webinars and Other Meetings page.
Community Supports Spotlight Series
Each webinar in this 8-part series is focused on an individual Community Support. The goal is to review and reinforce policy guidance, share best practices and lessons learned, and respond to questions from the field.
- CalAIM All-Comer Webinar: Community Supports: Implementation Progress & DHCS Policy Refinements (August 2023)
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CalAIM All-Comer Webinar: Enhanced Care Management: Implementation Progress & DHCS Policy Refinements (August 2023)
- Community Supports & Services for Children & Youth - December 8, 2022
- Personal Care and Homemaker Services and Caregiver Respite (November 2022)
- Housing Transition Navigation Services, Housing Deposits, and Housing Tenancy and Sustaining Services (October 2022)
- Nursing Facility Transition & Diversion to Assisted Living Facilities and Community Transition Services & Nursing Facility Transition to a Home (September 2022)
- Recuperative Care (Medical Respite) and Short-Term Post-Hospitalization Housing with WellSpace Health, People Assisting The Homeless San Diego, and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (August 2022)
- Asthma Remediation & Home Modifications, also known as Environmental Accessibility Adaptations (July 2022)
- Sobering Centers & Day Habilitation programs (June 2022)
- Medically Tailored Meals with Project Angel Food and SPUR (May 2022)
Past Webinars
- CalAIM Webinar: All Comer Webinar on ECM Referral Standards and Presumptive Authorization Guidance (October 2024)
- CalAIM Webinar: CalAIM for Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness (May 2024)
- CalAIM Webinar: Launching Enhanced Care Management (ECM) for the Birth Equity Population of Focus (February 2024)
- CalAIM Webinar: Forging New Managed Care Plan Partnerships with Counties and CBOs to Launch ECM for Children and Youth (June 2023)
- CalAIM All-Comer Webinar - ECM and Community Supports Data Sharing Guidance Updates (April 2022)
- Community Supports Spotlight Webinar featuring Children and Youth (December 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Discussion on How Organizations Are Sharing Data for Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (December 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Implementation of ECM & Community Supports in "New" Counties (November 2022)
- CalAIM Webinar: Data Sharing and Billing for ECM and Community Supports (November 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Housing Supports via Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (October 2022)
- CalAIM Webinar: Housing Supports via CalAIM ECM and Community Supports (October 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports Implementation in Rural California (September 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Enhanced Care Management (ECM) Long-Term Care Populations of Focus (September 2022)
- CalAIM Webinar: Enhanced Care Management (ECM) Long-Term Care Populations of Focus (September 2022)
- CalAIM Office Hours: Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports Outreach and Engagement (September 2022)
- CalAIM Webinar: Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports Outreach and Engagement (August 2022)
- DHCS Office Hours: Overview of Data Exchange and Reporting Requirements for Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (August 2022)
- Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports Data Exchange Overview #2 (August 2022)
- DHCS Office Hours: Rural Implementation of Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports (July 2022)
- ECM & Community Supports Intersection (June 2022)
- ECM and Community Supports in Rural California (June 2022)
- CalAIM ECM: A New Vision for Whole Person Care (June 2022)
- CalAIM ECM and Community Supports Provider Resources Webinar (January 2022)
- Overview of Data Exchange and Reporting Requirements for Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Webinar (December 2021)
- Whole Person Care (WPC) and Health Home Program (HHP) Transition Public Webinar (September 2021)
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CalAIM Program Updates - Provider Focus Part 2 (August 2021)
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CalAIM In Lieu of Services - Informational Webinar (August 2021)
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CalAIM ECM and ILOS Performance Incentive Payments Webinar (June 2021)
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CalAIM Program Updates - Provider Focus (June 2021)
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CalAIM ECM and ILOS Finalized Requirements for Program Year 2022 (June 2021)
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ECM & ILOS February Implementation Relaunch Webinar (February 2021)
