Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model of care provides a comprehensive medical/social service delivery system using an interdisciplinary team approach in a PACE Center that provides and coordinates all needed preventive, primary, acute and long-term care services. Services are provided to older adults who would otherwise reside in nursing facilities. The PACE model affords eligible individuals to remain independent and in their homes for as long as possible. To be eligible, a person must be 55 years or older, reside in a PACE service area, be determined eligible at the nursing home level of care by the Department of Health Care Services, and be able to live safely in their home or community at the time of enrollment.
COVID-19 Emergency Period PACE Guidance
- COVID-19 Information Notice - PACE IN 21-03: New COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Adult Care Facilities and Direct Care Worker and Information Regarding Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster - September 30, 2021
- COVID-19 Information Notice - PACE IN 21-02 (Supersedes prior notice issued August 11, 2021) - August 30, 2021
- COVID-19 Information Notice - PACE IN 21-02 - August 11, 2021
- COVID-19 Information Notice – PACE IN 21-01 (Supersedes prior notice issued July 27, 2021) – July 29, 2021
- COVID-19 Information Notice – PACE IN 21-01 - July 27, 2021
- COVID-19 PHE Temporary Flexibility for PACE Referrals - November 23, 2020
- PACE Guidance Relative to the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - July 1, 2020
- COVID-19 Vaccine Administration – PACE PL 21-01 – March 9, 2021
Effective November
23, 2020, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is implementing a
temporary referral flexibility available during the COVID-19 Public Health
Emergency (PHE) to provide Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
(PACE) health plan the opportunity to connect with more frail seniors at risk
for COVID-19. Under this flexibility, if a discharge planner at a PACE referral
source (including but not limited to hospitals, emergency rooms, and nursing
homes) determines that a PACE health plan would be an appropriate program to
facilitate the patient’s discharge and serve the patient’s needs in their
home/community, the discharge planner may ask the patient or the patient’s
authorized representative if they would like to be directly contacted by a PACE
health plan.
Contact Us
California Department of Health Care Services
Integrated Systems of Care Division
PACE Unit, Mail Station 4502
PO Box 997413
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
