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In 2019, the California Department of Health Care Services released a comprehensive proposal to reform our state’s Medi-Cal program, California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). Postponed by a year due to the pandemic, a revised proposal was released in January 2021, and implementation is now well underway. This multi-year initiative​ will require significant investments in network infrastructure, capacity-building, and patient outreach and engagement in order to be successful. Long term, it stands to fundamentally alter how crucial health services are provided, especially for many of the at-risk populations that philanthropy supports. Join this session to hear an update on implementation, what the experience has been like for partners on the ground, and how philanthropy can be a collaborative bridge-builder to support the process.

About SCG's Health Funders Group

The SCG Health Funders Group convenes multiple times a year to explore emerging issues in healthcare and health policy through an intersectional approach. The group hosts topic-based and peer-to-peer learning sessions. These facilitated sessions will provide a forum for updates on critical issues, highlights of promising programs, and opportunities for collaboration. 

Speakers

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Kelly Bruno-Nelson SCG Member

Executive Director, CalAim, CalOptima Health

As Executive Director, Medi-Cal/CalAIM, Kelly Bruno-Nelson is responsible for oversight of the agency’s main health plan and its further development through the statewide California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative. She brings more than 25 years of experience serving vulnerable populations in Southern California through innovative work in health care and nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining CalOptima, Kelly was President and Chief Executive Officer of National Health Foundation (NHF), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization working to improve the health of underserved communities. Prior to NHF, she was Vice President of ONEgeneration in Van Nuys, California, a nationally recognized organization that provided an intergenerational program of adult day health care and childcare that brought together frail elderly and young children. Her earlier career also included leadership roles at a nursing home and in hospital-based social work. Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Azusa Pacific University, a master’s degree in social work from California State University, Long Beach and a Doctorate in social work from University of Southern California.

Bambi Cisneros

Assistant Deputy Director, Managed Care, Department of Health Care Services

Bambi Cisneros has over nine years of State of California experience with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and currently serves as the Assistant Deputy Director - Managed Care, Health Care Delivery Systems (ADD-MC, HCDS). HCDS is comprised of three divisions: Managed Care Operations Division, Managed Care Quality and Monitoring Division, and Integrated Systems of Division. In this role, Bambi supports the planning, implementation, coordination, and management of the program and policies associated with California‘s Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) and the managed care delivery system to ensure that Medi-Cal beneficiaries have access to high quality care. Prior to becoming the ADD-MC, Bambi served as the Program Monitoring and Compliance Branch Chief in the Managed Care Quality and Monitoring Division and was primarily responsible for planning, directing, and conducting MCP performance monitoring related to the availability, accessibility, and delivery of care provided by MCPs and for overseeing the provision of MCP corrective action plan processes. Bambi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Government from Sacramento State University.
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Ann Milton

Director of CalAIM, St. John's Community Health

Ann Milton has been a Registered Nurse for 2 years. She earned her Associate Degree in Nursing at Los Angeles City College. In 2021, she worked with the Department of Public Health to ensure that People Experiencing Homelessness received the care they needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann currently works at St. John’s Community Health as the Director of CalAIM, which employs over 30 case managers. Her primary passion is Public Health and Case Management. She is now studying to become a Registered Nurse Practitioner at the University of Texas, Arlington.
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Melora Simon SCG Member

Associate Director, California Health Care Foundation

Melora Simon, MPH, is an Associate Director at the California Health Care Foundation. She serves a leadership role in the foundation’s People-Centered Care team — ensuring the organization’s effectiveness and impact within the CalAIM program and other transformational Medi-Cal initiatives that look to catalyze more responsive, equitable, and integrated services for Californians with low incomes.

Prior to joining CHCF, Melora worked as an independent consultant providing strategic planning, project management, meeting facilitation, and organizational support to health care organizations. She has previously held positions with the Pacific Business Group on Health, Health Plan of San Mateo, Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center, and McKinsey & Company

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