This webinar, hosted by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) with support from the California Health Care Foundation, is the third in a five-part learning series. The series is exploring opportunities to strengthen cross-sector partnerships to improve appropriate, timely, and effective use of assisted living communities for Medi-Cal enrollees, including older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with behavioral health needs.

This third webinar will focus on strengthening partnerships to successfully refer and place Medi-Cal members into assisted living communities. It will explore the current and potential roles of different stakeholders in the referral process and describe available financial and practical resources for overcoming barriers to placement.

Managed care plan staff, Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports providers, assisted living waiver care coordination agencies, county behavioral health and mental health plan providers, assisted living operators and providers, hospital and skilled nursing facility providers, and social services providers, among other interested stakeholders, are encouraged to attend this 90-minute event.

Agenda

I. Welcome and Overview

Speaker: Emma Rauscher, Program Officer, CHCS

E. Rauscher will welcome participants and provide an overview of the Assisted Living for Medi-Cal Enrollees: Virtual Learning Series. She will review common referral and entry pathways for select Medi-Cal populations and highlight key challenges faced by stakeholders along these pathways. Additionally, she will provide an overview of financial options and resources available to support and reimburse services provided during the referral and transitions processes.

II. Considerations for Key Populations

Speakers: Debra Draves, CEO, MasterCare; representative from Licensed Adult Residential Care Association (LARCA); Amelia Grover, LCSW, CCM, Manager of Social Work, Transitional Care Center, Dignity Health

Speakers will present on the unique challenges, considerations, financial pathways, and opportunities for improvement in the referral and placement process for key Medi-Cal populations: D. Draves on older adults and people with disabilities, LARCA on people with behavioral health needs, and A. Grover on people experiencing homelessness.

IV. Moderated Q&A 

Moderator: Zackiya Grant-Knight, Program Officer, CHCS

V. Preview of Upcoming Sessions and Wrap-Up

Speaker: E. Rauscher, CHCS

E. Rauscher will preview upcoming webinars in the learning series.