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DHCS گزارش اجرای سه ماهه در مورد مدیریت مراقبت پیشرفته (ECM) و حمایت های جامعه را منتشر می کند

On August 2, DHCS released the latest ECM and Community Supports Quarterly Implementation Report, which includes data from January 2022 through December 2023. The report shows an increase in the availability and use of Community Supports, showing significant growth in the number of counties offering these services. As of January 2024, 19 counties across California offered all 14 Community Supports, and all counties offered at least eight Community Supports. This marks a significant increase from the end of 2022, when only three counties offered all 14 Community Supports. About 140,000 unique Medi-Cal members used Community Supports in the first two years of the program, with more than 350,000 total services delivered. In Quarter (Q)4 2023, about 86,000 members used Community Supports, a 265 percent increase from Q4 2022. 

ECM participation also grew, with around 96,000 members served in Q4 2023, a 40 percent increase from Q4 2022. The number of members under age 21 receiving ECM nearly doubled in Q4 2023 from the previous quarter, from 6,400 members to 12,000, many of whom were newly eligible for ECM in July 2023. Altogether, more than 183,000 Medi-Cal members across the state received ECM in the first two years of the benefit. 

ECM and Community Supports aim to improve Medi-Cal members’ overall health and well-being by addressing both medical and social factors that can impact a person’s health, including housing assistance, meal programs, job training, and centralized coordination of care. 

To learn more, visit the ECM/Community Supports Resources webpage. For inquiries related to the report or to provide feedback on the data, please email CalAIMECMILOS@dhcs.ca.gov. 

به روز رسانی برنامه

مجموعه آموزشی مشارکتی آموزش مبتنی بر عدالت CalAIM

در تاریخ ۲۲ آگوست، از ساعت ۱۰ صبح تا ۱۲ ظهر به وقت PDT، DHCS یک سری آموزش مجازی مشترک جدید را برای شرکای اجرایی طرح‌های مربوط به عدالت راه‌اندازی خواهد کرد تا در مورد الزامات معافیت طرح California Advanceing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) بحث کنند، بهترین شیوه‌ها و درس‌های آموخته شده را به اشتراک بگذارند و اطمینان حاصل کنند که همه شرکا در مسیر درست قرار دارند. لینک ثبت نام در جلسه برای شرکای اجرایی در هر شهرستان ایمیل خواهد شد. این جلسات ضبط شده و در صفحه وب طرح ابتکاری DHCS Justice-Involved منتشر خواهند شد. 

The sessions will focus on county readiness and implementation strategies and will include such topics as the justice-involved screening portal, short-term care model, covered services, billing and claiming, ECM, warm hand-offs, auto-assignments, and pharmacy policy. The session will include facilitated breakout discussions for correctional facilities, county partners, and Medi-Cal managed care plans to work collaboratively on regional implementation efforts. In the week following each session, DHCS will host office hours to provide an open forum and answer any outstanding questions from the prior week. 

The primary learning collaborative audience is county adult jails (Sheriff’s Office staff and correctional health care services partners); county youth correctional facilities (probation staff and associated correctional health care services providers); managed care plans; county behavioral health agencies; and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. DHCS also encourages county partners to invite ECM providers and reentry providers, as well as any other key implementation partners, to the sessions. For more information, email DHCS at CalAIMJusticeAdvisoryGroup@dhcs.ca.gov. 

مجموعه داده های توسعه بزرگسالان Medi-Cal

On August 1, DHCS published age 26-49 adult expansion population datasets for the January 2024, February 2024, March 2024, and April 2024 months of eligibility on the California Health & Human Services Agency Open Data Portal. The datasets include the monthly count of individuals 26-49 years of age, by county, receiving full scope Medi-Cal benefits because of the age 26-49 adult expansion. The counts reflect the total number of eligible individuals enrolled during the month. The datasets also include total counts for ethnicity, written language, and spoken language, by county, reported by members. DHCS will publish ongoing datasets monthly.

به تیم ما بپیوندید

DHCS به دنبال افراد بسیار ماهر و با انگیزه استثنایی برای خدمت در موارد زیر است: 

• هماهنگ کننده برنامه بهداشت سرخپوستان برای توسعه، اجرا، هماهنگی، اجرا و ارزیابی برنامه بهداشت سرخپوستان آمریکا برای DHCS. (تاریخ نهایی تشکیل پرونده: 9 آگوست)
• Assistant Deputy Director for Health Care Financing to assist in leading the planning, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and management of DHCS’ health care financing programs and policies. (Final filing date: August 21)

DHCS is also hiring for its human resources, auditing, health policy, information technology, and other teams. For more information, please visit the CalCareers website.

جلسات و وبینارهای ذینفعان آینده 

جلسه ذینفعان دندانپزشکی DHCS Medi-Cal

در تاریخ ۹ آگوست، از ساعت ۱ تا ۳ بعد از ظهر به وقت اقیانوس آرام، DHCS میزبان جلسه ذینفعان ایالتی Medi-Cal Dental خواهد بود. DHCS به‌روزرسانی‌ها و اطلاعات مربوط به فعالیت‌های جدید و آتی را به اشتراک خواهد گذاشت. این جلسه همچنین بستری را برای ذینفعان دندانپزشکی فراهم می‌کند تا نظرات خود را با تیم دندانپزشکی Medi-Cal به اشتراک بگذارند و این امر می‌تواند به بهبود ارائه خدمات مراقبت‌های بهداشت دهان و دندان کمک کند. 

The meeting information will be posted on the Dental Statewide Stakeholder Meetings webpage. Additional materials will be posted on the webpage prior to the meeting or as soon as they become available. Please email your questions to dental@dhcs.ca.gov. 

وبینار برنامه پوشش کمک شنوایی برای کودکان (HACCP) برای ارائه دهندگان پزشکی و متخصصان شنوایی

On August 15, from 12 to 1 p.m. PDT, DHCS will host its quarterly HACCP webinar for medical providers and hearing professionals. For more information and to pre-register, please visit DHCS’ HACCP webpage.

در صورتی که شما آن را از دست داده است

جوایز کالیفرنیا نزدیک به 133 میلیون دلار برای اسکان سریع افراد مبتلا به بی خانمانی و بیماری روانی در نظر گرفته شده است.

DHCS awarded $132.5 million to 10 county behavioral health agencies under the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program. This funding enables counties to provide temporary, safe housing and essential support for people transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. Bridge housing is a crucial component of addressing the urgent needs of Californians experiencing homelessness who have serious mental health or substance use disorder treatment needs.

These awards, which build upon the more than $900 million already awarded to counties and tribal entities in 2022, will significantly enhance local efforts to provide immediate housing and support for individuals with serious behavioral health conditions by bolstering the development of tiny homes, interim housing, rental assistance programs, and other housing models, which will include access to behavioral health and housing navigation services to connect BHBH Program participants to long-term housing. For more information, please visit the BHBH Program website.