Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 12 Articles

Journal Article | Program Implementation Strategies Associated With Reduced Acute Care Utilization for Medicaid Beneficiaries in California’s Whole Person Care Pilot Program

Chuang, Emmeline, et al. “Program Implementation Strategies Associated With Reduced Acute Care Utilization for Medicaid Beneficiaries in California’s Whole Person Care Pilot Program.” Medical Care...

Presentation | Collaborative strategies for bridging health, behavioral health, and social services in California's Medi-Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program

June 26, 2023

Presentation at AcademyHealth's 2023 Annual Research Meeting.

Full abstract: Here
Project: Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the...

ResProg Webinar | Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023)

February 8, 2023

Presenters:

Emmeline Chuang
Brenna O'Masta
Leigh Ann Haley

View recording: Here
Project: Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during...

Report | Final Evaluation of California's Whole Person Care Program

February 8, 2023

The UCLA and Berkeley team published a report evaluating the Whole Person Care program. See the summary here and the full report here.

Resource: Full report
Project: Using Whole Person Care to...

Journal Article | Systematic Review of Care Coordination Interventions Linking Health and Social Services for High-Utilizing Patient Populations

Albertson, Elaine Michelle, et al. “Systematic Review of Care Coordination Interventions Linking Health and Social Services for High-Utilizing Patient Populations.” Population Health Management, vol...

Policy Brief | Whole Person Care Program Successfully Navigated Around COVID-19 Challenges in 2020

January 18, 2022

The UCLA team put together a policy brief and infographic about their research project. The press release with links to the policy brief and infographic can be seen here.

Project: Using Whole Person...

ResProg Webinar | COVIDs Impact on Health Equity and Access to Health and Social Services: A Conversation Across the RWJF For Action Signature Research Programs (2022)

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Over the last 21 months, the impacts of COVID-19 have disrupted our nation’s health and social systems in ways previously unimaginable. On January 12 investigators funded through Robert Wood Johnson...

Presentation | Using contracts to facilitate cross-system care coordination in California's Medi-Cal Whole Person Care Pilot Program

December 14, 2021

Girth et al. presented at AcademyHealth's 2021 conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

Project: Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for...

Presentation | Using social network analysis to identify collaborative strategies that effectively bridge health, behavioral health, and social services

December 14, 2021

Cuang et al. presented at AcademyHealth's 2021 conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

Project: Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for...

Policy Brief | A Snapshot of California’s Whole Person Care Pilot Program: Implementation Strategies and Enrollees

May 12, 2021

The UCLA team put together a policy brief and infographic about their research project. The press release with links to the policy brief and infographic can be seen here.

Project: Using Whole...

ResProg Webinar | Using Whole Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

This study evaluates the effectiveness of California’s Whole Person Care (WPC) initiative in coordinating health and social services for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex needs during the COVID-19...

Press Release | Researchers awarded grant to study COVID-19 response through California Medicaid program

December 10, 2020

A newly awarded grant will expand on efforts to evaluate a Medicaid program launched in 2016 by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS): Whole Person Care (WPC). WPC aims to provide...