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Whole Person Care

Examples/Models

Care Connect - Alameda County
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Whole Person Care - San Mateo

Full Service Partnerships - MHSOAC Report to Legislature 2023

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - SAMHSA

Programs/Resources

CalAIM Explained: A Five-Year Plan to Transform Medi-Cal, Fact Sheet with examples of what success will look like, CA Health Care Foundation, 2021

Homelessness Response 101
Information for health care providers about how homeless assistance works at the local level, with particular focus on two critical components: Continuums of Care and Coordinated Entry. Homebase, July 2021

Physician Committed Innovation, Butte County MHSA 19/20 Plan, Page 193+

Center for Integrated Health Solutions,
 SAMHSA-HRSA ​

Whole Person Care Pilot:  from the California Department of Health Care Services Website:  The overarching goal of the Whole Person Care (WPC) Pilots is the coordination of health, behavioral health, and social services, as applicable, in a patient-centered manner with the goals of improved beneficiary health and well-being through more efficient and effective use of resources. WPC Pilots will provide an option to a county, a city and county, a health or hospital authority, or a consortium of any of the above entities serving a county or region consisting of more than one county, or a health authority, to receive support to integrate care for a particularly vulnerable group of Medi-Cal beneficiaries who have been identified as high users of multiple systems and continue to have poor health outcomes. Through collaborative leadership and systematic coordination among public and private entities, WPC Pilot entities will identify target populations, share data between systems, coordinate care real time, and evaluate individual and population progress – all with the goal of providing comprehensive coordinated care for the beneficiary resulting in better health outcomes.

In 2016, DHCS completed a first round WPC application process and approved 18 lead entities to operate WPC pilots.  
In early 2017, DHCS will conduct a second application process to expand current pilots and/or approve additional entities to operate WPC pilots.






Reports/Articles

Fact Sheet: California Data Sharing Agreement 
and Policies and Procedures, CBHA, 2023


Assessing the Continuum of Care for Behavioral Health Services in California - Data, Stakeholder Perspectives, and Implications Report, DHCS, 2022

Transforming State Behavioral Health Systems: Findings from States on the Impact of CCBHC Implementation, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, 2021

Behavioral Health Quality Framework: A Roadmap for
Using Measurement to Promote Joint Accountability and
Whole-Person Care
, NCQA 2021


In Their Own Words: How Fragmented Care Harms People with Both Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder​, CA Health Care Foundation, August 2021

Advancing Integration of General Health in Behavioral Health Settings, A Continuum-Based Framework, The National Council, August 2020

Healing the Nation: Advancing Mental Health & Addiction Policy, Well Being Trust 2021

Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management Benefit in Medi-Cal Fact Sheet, CA Health Care Foundation, May 2021

Medi-Cal Explained Fact Sheet: Managed Care Plan Procurement, CA Health Care Foundation, June, 2021

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Impact Report, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, May, 2021

Milliman Research Report:  How do individuals with behavioral health conditions contribute to physical and total healthcare spending? August, 2020

Whole Person Care: A Mid-Point Check-In: Whole Person Care (WPC) was designed to target Medi-Cal patients with complex medical issues and frequent users of multiple health systems. These county-led pilot projects coordinate physical health care, behavioral health care, and social services to improve the health and well-being of beneficiaries through an effective use of resources. The California Department of Health Care Services, the California Health Care Foundation, and Harbage Consulting released a report detailing the Whole Person Care (WPC) pilot implementation progress. The report, Whole Person Care: A Mid-Point Check-In includes background on the WPC program as well as challenges and opportunities related to: partnerships, data sharing, care coordination, housing, and sustaining successful practices post-2020.

​Behavioral Health Integration in Medi-Cal: A Blueprint for California, CA Healthcare Foundation, 2019
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How to Fix the Healthcare System & Create Healthy Communities, Powerpoint, Dec. 2012

Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill, Kaiser Health News, January, 2018
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cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local  behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing public behavioral health and needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
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