In the Inland Empire, some patients have started receiving food while others are still getting enrolled. The average meal benefit has a value of $1,596 and lasts three months, though health insurers can choose to extend food deliveries.īecause plans decide which enrollees receive services, many worthy patients - even those enrolled in the same plan or who live in the same county - are being left out. Inland Empire Health Plan says about 11,000 of its enrollees will be eligible for deliveries of meals and food boxes. The health plan is one of two Medi-Cal managed-care insurers serving San Bernardino and Riverside counties and has about 1.5 million enrollees. “This is a new program, and often with new programs, you’re building the plane as you’re flying it,” said Shelly LaMaster, director of integrated care at Inland Empire Health Plan. And the state is still developing a way to track health outcomes, meaning nobody knows yet whether it will save money. It will serve only a sliver of the 14.5 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal managed-care insurers will try to keep people out of expensive health care institutions by delivering social services, such as helping patients find housing, removing toxic mold from their homes, and delivering medically tailored food.ĬalAIM, which is expected to cost $8.7 billion, is unconventional because it is being carried out primarily by health plans, not county social service departments. Gavin Newsom can slow public spending on Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for people with low incomes, which skyrocketed to $124 billion this fiscal year, up nearly threefold from a decade ago. It’s all part of a grand state experiment to improve the health of some of its sickest and costliest patients.Ĭalifornia’s five-year initiative, known as CalAIM, will test whether Democratic Gov.
In bringing food straight to their door for a few months, state officials hope patients will develop healthier eating habits long after the shipments stop. Here in California’s vast Inland Empire, where more than half of adults have diabetes or are at risk of developing diabetes, one health plan is delivering medically tailored meals to select patients. The 54-year-old former farmworker was released from the hospital in November with an order to follow a strict diet, but he makes a mess in the kitchen and struggles to get his glucose under control. He, too, battles kidney disease and diabetes. Two hours to the south, in Indio, Vidal Fonseca gets ready for his third dialysis appointment of the week. In the three months since she began eating the customized meals, De Los Santos has learned to manage her diabetes by maintaining a healthy blood sugar level. I will continue on my education with classes that are making me a top notch agent with a wealth of knowledge, confidence and legal skill.This story also ran on Black Voice News. My goals are to be consistent, precise and informative with dedication to quality and relationships with past, present and future clients. My work has brought me from Watsonville to Santa Clara over the years and continues to keep me on my toes. In this market it really pays off to be ready! I am consistently enrolled and intrigued by continuing education, risk management and quality control. As a Realtor, mentor and business owner I've learned that there is always excitement and something new around the corner.
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