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卫生保健项目首席副主任 Sarah Brooks 即将离开 DHCS

医疗保健项目首席副主任 Sarah Brooks 将于 2 月21 、 2025因个人原因离开 DHCS。我们感谢莎拉对部门的贡献，并祝她一切顺利。Sarah离职后，Tyler Sadwith除了继续担任州医疗补助主任外，还将兼任医疗保健项目的临时领导职务。

加州推出重要医疗保健服务

On February 10, DHCS, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) announced the expansion of the Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative to prisons statewide. The initiative allows eligible incarcerated individuals to enroll in Medi-Cal and receive a targeted set of services during the 90 days prior to their release. Connecting people to services and providers prior to release will help ensure continuity of health care coverage and services, such as medication-assisted treatment and pharmacy benefits, between incarceration and reentry. All participants are eligible for Enhanced Care Management and linkages to behavioral health care to support their successful reintegration into society.

County jails and youth detention facilities in San Joaquin County are also launching the initiative in February 2025, joining Inyo, Santa Clara, and Yuba counties, which began offering pre-release services in October 2024. More than 3,000 incarcerated individuals in county jails have received Medi-Cal pre-release services, ensuring they return to society with health coverage, prescriptions, durable medical equipment, and scheduled appointments with community-based care providers. This initiative plays a crucial role in reducing health disparities and supporting successful reentry. By October 1, 2026, all California counties must implement the initiative in their jails and youth facilities.

项目更新

社区支持服务定义

DHCS recently released updated service definitions for four Community Supports that will go into effect on July 1, 2025. These updates cover Nursing Facility Transition/Diversion to Assisted Living Facilities, Community Transition Services/Nursing Facility Transition to a Home, Asthma Remediation, and Medically Tailored Meals/Medically Supportive Food. By refining these definitions, DHCS seeks to ensure that services are more effectively tailored to meet the diverse needs of Medi-Cal members, thereby promoting better health outcomes and more efficient care delivery. The service definition refinements are the result of extensive stakeholder engagement with managed care plans, providers, and subject matter experts. DHCS is committed to enhancing Community Supports and plans to release additional refinements for housing-related Community Supports in late spring 2025. Please email your questions to CalAIMECMILOS@dhcs.ca.gov.

Medi-Cal 家庭和社区服务以及管理的长期服务和支持差距分析报告

2 月 14 日，DHCS 发布了一份新报告，指出了加州 Medi-Cal 家庭和社区服务 (HCBS) 以及长期服务和支持管理 (MLTSS) 计划中的不足之处。具体而言，该报告指出了加州居家及社区服务计划和服务提供系统中的关键差距。该报告为减少服务获取方面的不平等、满足成员需求、加强项目整合与协调、提高护理质量以及简化服务获取流程等方面的后续步骤提供了信息。报告的主要发现包括：

• 加州人口正在迅速老龄化，特别是在目前 HCBS 服务已经有限的地区。
• 在农村地区，机构 LTSS 的使用率高于城市地区。 未来 LTSS 的用户群体预计将包括更多的西班牙裔、85 岁及以上的老年人以及女性。
• 为了满足越来越多需要 HCBS 的 Medi-Cal 会员的需求，参与 Medi-Cal 的 HCBS 提供商的数量必须增加。
• 报告显示，劳动力需求最大的领域是直接护理提供者。

Based on the report’s results and feedback from a broad array of stakeholders and advocates, DHCS will develop a multi-year roadmap to address LTSS needs in the state by expanding HCBS providers’ capacity, strengthening partnerships among the state, counties, health plans, HCBS providers, and community-based organizations, and identifying key milestones and benchmarks to help California monitor progress. Through the gap analysis and roadmap, DHCS intends to identify and analyze opportunities to expand access to Medi-Cal HCBS and MLTSS and improve health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and health equity for Medi-Cal members.

For more information about this effort, please visit DHCS’ Gap Analysis and Multi-Year Roadmap of Medi-Cal HCBS and MLTSS Programs webpage. DHCS will discuss the report’s highlights with stakeholders in a webinar open to the public scheduled for March 13. More details will be included in a future stakeholder update.

加入我们的团队

DHCS 正在寻找有才华、有上进心的人才担任以下职务：

• Chief, Health Information Management Division (HIMD). The Chief of HIMD is responsible for the collection and exchange of data between DHCS and external stakeholders and for ensuring compliance with applicable federal and state standards and regulations. The Chief of HIMD also leads the development of policy and data presentation processes using business intelligence tools that support key policy initiatives, such as California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal and HCBS initiatives. Applications must be submitted by February 27.

• Chief, Procurement and Contracting Division (PCD). The Chief of PCD leads all aspects of procurement and contracting activities for DHCS and provides strategic support, expert guidance, and solutions for DHCS’ procurement and contracting needs. The Chief of PCD is also designated as DHCS’ Procurement and Contracting Officer (PCO). As the PCO, the Chief of PCD is responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including applicable appropriations and executive orders. Applications must be submitted by February 28.

DHCS is also hiring for its accounting, financial, behavioral health, managed care, quality and population health management, and other teams. For more information, please visit the CalCareers website.

即将举行的利益相关方会议和网络研讨会

DHCS posts upcoming public meetings on the Calendar of Events.

利益相关者咨询委员会 (SAC)/行为健康 (BH)-SAC 会议

2 月 19 日上午 9:30 至下午 3 点（太平洋标准时间），DHCS 将在萨克拉门托 K 街 1700 号（一楼会议室 17.1014）举办混合式SAC/BH-SAC 会议（线上和线下参与均需提前注册）。SAC 为 DHCS 提供关于如何公平获得优质医疗保健的宝贵意见和反馈。BH-SAC 为 DHCS 提供行为健康计划方面的意见，其成立是将行为健康与更广泛的医疗保健系统相结合的持续努力的一部分。请查看会议议程及其他会议材料。如需了解更多信息，请发送电子邮件至SACinquiries@dhcs.ca.gov或BehavioralHealthSAC@dhcs.ca.gov 。

加州卫生局局长孕产妇健康峰会：改善心血管健康

On February 20, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PST at the May Lee State Office Complex (651 Bannon Street, Sacramento), California Surgeon General Dr. Diana E. Ramos will host the Maternal Health Summit: Improving Cardiovascular Health as part of American Heart Month for a day dedicated to highlighting the role of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy-associated deaths and opportunities to improve cardiovascular health and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality (advance registration required). This is an in-person event only, and virtual attendance is not available. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Please direct all questions to StrongStartAndBeyond@osg.ca.gov, and visit the Office of the California Surgeon General website to learn more about this movement.

加州阿片类药物和解年度支出报告会议

On February 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. PST, DHCS will host a virtual meeting to discuss the California Opioid Settlements Annual Expenditures Report for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 (advance registration required). The statewide report will be published on the DHCS California Opioid Settlements webpage and offers an overview of opioid settlement and bankruptcy payments and expenditures for SFY 2022-23. Beginning in 2023, DHCS received reported expenditure data regarding opioid settlement-funded projects by California and its participating cities and counties. The purpose of the meeting is to review the annual report, provide a high-level review of allowable expenditures under the opioid settlement and bankruptcy agreements, offer details on how funds were appropriated to California state projects, and summarize how funds were spent on local initiatives by cities and counties in SFY 2022-23.

分娩护理途径网络研讨会

On March 4, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. PST, DHCS will host a webinar on the Birthing Care Pathway (advance registration required). On February 4, DHCS released the Birthing Care Pathway Report, which includes a series of policy solutions and strategic opportunities for further exploration that aim to address the physical, behavioral, and health-related social needs of pregnant and postpartum members by improving access to providers, strengthening clinical care and care coordination across the care continuum, providing whole-person care, and modernizing how Medi-Cal pays for maternity care.

During the webinar, attendees will hear from DHCS leaders about the goals of the Birthing Care Pathway, a comprehensive overview of the policies DHCS is implementing, a summary of strategic opportunities for further exploration, and how the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model will complement and bolster DHCS’ work to strengthen California’s health care delivery system, improve maternal health outcomes, and reduce disparities. Please email BirthingCarePathway@dhcs.ca.gov with any questions.

Medi-Cal Children’s Health Advisory Panel (MCHAP) Meeting

3 月 13 日上午 10 点至下午 2 点（太平洋夏令时），DHCS 将在萨克拉门托 K 街 1700 号（一楼 17.1014 会议室）举办季度 MCHAP 会议，或通过公开网络研讨会进行（线上和线下参与均需提前注册）。MCHAP 就影响 Medi-Cal 儿童的政策和运营问题向 DHCS 提供建议。会议将介绍分娩护理路径和DHCS儿科仪表盘的最新情况。会议还将包括加州儿童信托基金会的 Alex Briscoe 的演讲，内容是关于影响医疗补助和青少年心理健康系统的前所未有的改革。如有任何疑问或意见，请发送电子邮件至MCHAP@dhcs.ca.gov 。

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新站点为洛杉矶县的青少年和成年人提供重要的行为健康护理服务

DHCS is expanding residential services for individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health needs at two locations in Los Angeles County. The Whole Child—Mental Health and Housing Services celebrated the grand opening of a new community wellness center that provides trauma-informed, culturally sensitive mental health, family housing, parent enrichment, and nutrition education services. Also, St. Anne’s Family Services hosted a groundbreaking for a new short-term residential therapeutic program (STRTP) called STRTP FOR ONE, which annually provides high-quality supportive housing programs, early childhood education, mental health, and family-based services to thousands of young women, children, and families in Los Angeles County.

申请征求书 (RFA)：改善行为健康服务交付

DHCS released a RFA to solicit applications from consultants to assist counties in improving their performance in the delivery of behavioral health services and contracting for these services, with outcomes, transparency, and accountability to residents. Interested participants must apply by February 24 at 4 p.m. PST.

现已开放：提供访问和转变健康 (PATH) 能力以及基础设施转型、扩展和发展 (CITED) 第 4 轮申请

On January 6, DHCS opened the PATH CITED Round 4 application window, including the Transitional Rent Community Support. The PATH CITED initiative provides funding to build the capacity and infrastructure of on-the-ground partners, including community-based organizations, hospitals, county agencies, Tribes, and others, to successfully participate in Medi-Cal. Nearly $158 million is available for Round 4. All organizations providing the Transitional Rent Community Support must do so in partnership with their county behavioral health department. To demonstrate this partnership, all CITED applicants planning to request funding to support the Transitional Rent Community Support must also submit a Letter of Support in collaboration with the county behavioral health department.

The deadline to apply for PATH CITED Round 4 funding is 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 2, 2025. The guidance document and application are available on the PATH CITED webpage. Please send any questions to cited@ca-path.com.