About CalAIM
CalAIM is a long-term initiative created by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to transform and strengthen Medi-Cal. The mission of CalAIM is to offer Californians a more equitable, coordinated, and person-centered approach to maximize their health and life trajectory.
Goals
Identify & Manage Comprehensive Needs
Identify and manage comprehensive needs through whole person care approaches and social drivers of health.
Improve Quality, Reduce Disparities & Transform Delivery
Improve quality outcomes, reduce health disparities, and transform the delivery system through value-based initiatives, modernizations, and payment reform.
Ensure a Consistent & Seamless Medi-Cal System
Make Medi-Cal a more consistent and seamless system for enrollees to navigate by reducing complexity and increasing flexibility.
Important Components of CalAIM
CalAIM's Populations of Focus
- Members with significant health problems
- Individuals experiencing homelessness
- Individuals transitioning from incarceration
- Children with complex medical needs
- Youth and children in foster care
Social Determinants (or Drivers) of Health
The factors that contribute to an individual’s health and quality of life are known as social determinants of health (or social drivers of health) and include where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age, among other life circumstances.
These impact a person’s ability to thrive:
- Recreation
- Healthcare
- Family
- Housing
- Employment
- Education
- Food
- Legal
- Neighborhood
- Money
Our 2023 – 2025 Strategic Plan
Marking 40 years of serving the most vulnerable on the Central Coast, in 2022, CenCal Health developed a three-year Strategic Plan, outlining future objectives and strategies to support the implementation of California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal, commonly referred to as “CalAIM.”
The Strategic Plan is organized around four main priorities – cultivate community partnerships; advance quality and health equity for all; expand our service role and reach; and organize for impact and effectiveness. Tied to each priority are key objectives and multiple strategies to meet CalAIM goals.
To learn more, read the CenCal Health’s Strategic Plan.
News & Updates
News
For the latest CalAIM news and updates distributed by DHCS, visit The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) website.
Press Releases
To review CalAIM press releases distributed by CenCal Health, visit the CenCal Health CalAIM News webpage.
Community Supports
Community Supports are optional services for Medi-Cal members that may not include direct medical care. CenCal Health offers Community Supports free of charge, to help members with complex health issues.
Enhanced Care Management
Enhanced Care Management (ECM) is a new benefit for CenCal Health members with complex needs. ECM provides extra services to help members get the care they need to stay healthy and at no cost. It coordinates care from different doctors.
The Housing & Homelessness Incentive Program
The Housing & Homelessness Incentive Program helps address housing insecurity and instability as key factors affecting health. Through this program, CenCal Health earned state funding to support local strategies that prevent and reduce homelessness in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. To learn more, visit the Housing & Homelessness Incentive Program webpage.
The Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program
Over half of mental health conditions start by age 14. The Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program ensures CenCal Health members in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade receive timely behavioral health services by partnering with local schools and education agencies.
CalAIM Impact Videos
These CalAIM Impact videos showcase local CalAIM success stories through the personal testimonies of area residents who have benefited from various CalAIM programs operated by many of our community partners and supported by CenCal Health.
