CQC Selected to Support Providers in Advancing Health Equity Through DHCS Technical Assistance Marketplace
At the California Quality Collaborative (CQC), we are dedicated to empowering care teams with the expertise, infrastructure and tools needed to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care that promotes health equity. CQC has been recognized as an approved vendor of the Department of Health Care Services' Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Technical Assistance (TA) Marketplace within the area of health equity promotion.
CQC will leverage its expertise in practice transformation technical assistance to help organizations implement Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports under the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal program.
Join us in our mission to enhance capacity and promote health equity for Medi-Cal members across California.
California Medicare Collaborative: Shaping the Future of Senior Care
California’s over-65 population is rapidly growing and diversifying, set to comprise a quarter of the state's population by 2030. Addressing their unique health and long-term care needs is becoming increasingly critical. To tackle this challenge, CQC, in partnership with The SCAN Foundation, Archstone Foundation, Gary and Mary West Foundation and the Department of Health Care Services Office of Medicare Innovation and Integration, has launched the California Medicare Collaborative.
This one-year stakeholder alignment effort aims to improve care for all Medicare enrollees, including duals, non-duals and those in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage programs. The collaborative will focus on four key areas:
- Cognitive and behavioral health
- Chronic illness management and care coordination
- Support of consumer choice in a confusing market
- Access, equity and disparities in care
CQC Steering Committee June Convening: Advancing Behavioral Health Integration
During the CQC Steering Committee convening last month, discussions focused on advancing behavioral health integration into primary care within California's health care system. Key highlights included:
- Innovative Integration Models: Exploration of implementation approaches to behavioral health integration models, including the Collaborative Care Model and Primary Care Behavioral Health Model.
- Provider Perspectives: Guest speakers and participants of CQC's CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration improvement collaborative Dr. Saba Shahid and Dr. Denise Coyle shared their implementation experiences, emphasizing early leadership involvement and engaging medical providers to foster a supportive team and readiness for behavioral health services.
- Strategic Programming for Behavioral Health: CQC’s ongoing work to accelerate integration efforts in small and independent California primary care practices with upcoming programs addressing behavioral health in youth and financial sustainability for integration.
Watch the video above to hear from CQC's Kristina Mody, Director of Practice Transformation, who shares the essential components of sustainable behavioral health integration.
CQC Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series
Join CQC for a three-part webinar series for health care organizations planning and implementing behavioral health integration.
- September 11 | CQC Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series #1: Readiness for Behavioral Health Integration
- November 13 | CQC Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series #2: Lessons Learned
- January 8 | CQC Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series #3: Behavioral Health Integration Spread and Sustain
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Community Corner
Featuring valuable resources, insights and events from across the health care community.
- Healthforce Center at UCSF: Shaping the Research Priorities for Health Workforce Policy Workshops (8/21, 9/9) | Register Today
- UC Berkeley: Facilitators and Barriers to Medicaid Doula Benefit Implementation in California: Perspectives From Managed Care Plans and Risk-Bearing Organizations, Women's Health Issues | Read Paper
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