The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released findings that may improve health quality and outcomes for high-need, at-risk groups.
UCLA report provides close look at state’s Whole Person Care pilot health program UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | May 11, 2021
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California in 2016 introduced its Whole Person Care program, a pilot project designed to integrate medical, behavioral health and social services for Medi-Cal patients who frequently accessed health services, incurred disproportionately high costs and had poor health outcomes.
With that program scheduled to end next year, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has published a policy brief that presents a detailed overview of the program one the authors say could help inform future efforts to address the needs of high-risk groups.
Findings may inform models to improve health care quality and outcomes for high-need, at-risk groups
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May 11, 2021
California in 2016 introduced its Whole Person Care program, a pilot project designed to integrate medical, behavioral health and social services for Medi-Cal patients who frequently accessed health services, incurred disproportionately high costs and had poor health outcomes.
With that program scheduled to end next year, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has published a policy brief that presents a detailed overview of the initiative one the authors say could help inform future efforts to address the needs of high-risk groups.
The brief highlights several key characteristics of Whole Person Care which comprises 25 local pilot programs covering 26 counties including the populations targeted for enrollment, how each program identified and enrolled eligible individuals, how care coordination teams were structured, the types o
Professor Nadereh Pourat
December 10, 2020
Nadereh Pourat, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Emmeline Chuang, associate professor at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, have received a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The researchers will explore how California counties responded to COVID-19 under the Whole Person Care Medicaid Pilot Program.
The grant will expand on efforts to evaluate Whole Person Care, or WPC, a Medicaid program launched in 2016 by the California Department of Health Care Services, which aims to provide coordinated health care and social services for patients with complex needs, such as those who are homeless, have mental health and chronic conditions, or have been recently incarcerated. Researchers will look at whether WPC improved health outcomes and service delivery for enrolled patients. The findings wil