California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a multiyear waiver to transform California’s Medi-Cal program and enable it to work more seamlessly with other social services for the state’s most vulnerable populations.

43 Strategic Consulting is an approved Technical Assistance Vendor through the Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Technical Assistance Marketplace, with deep experience working with managed care plans, health systems, FQHCs/ community health clinics, housing providers, and social service organizations. The team is currently supporting multiple organizations with assessing the organization’s current state, identifying partnership opportunities, developing future state operational models, creating sustaining revenue models, supporting operational implementation, leading technology transformation activities, and leading health equity trainings to center equity in care model design. Current clients include Illumination Foundation, Chico Housing Action Network, and GLM Housing.

Visit us on the TA Marketplace to learn how we can support your organization with:

• Building Data Capacity
• Community Supports
• Engaging in CalAIM Through Medi-Cal Managed Care
• Enhanced Care Management
• Promoting Health Equity
• Supporting Cross-Sector Partnerships

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43 Strategic Consulting’s PATH Technical Assistance Overview

In Q4 2023, 43 Strategic Consulting will support Massachusetts Medicaid (MassHealth) with the next phase of the 1115 waiver, where for the first time Hospitals as well as ACOs and MCOs will be held accountable for health quality and equity, with payment tied to reporting and performance. Partnering with Public Consulting Group (PCG), we will support the Quality and Equity Incentive Program by providing program management for the next 4.5 years.

In February 2021, given the growing impact of COVID-19 on BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MADPH) launched the Vaccine Equity Initiative—a $200 million initiative to address vaccine hesitancy and improve access. Catherine West led this initiative and the VEI team provided ongoing, responsive, and dynamic strategy, operations, data-to-action, and project management. Importantly, the team lifted up community voices and solutions. We convened community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and tribal- and-indigenous-people-serving organizations to create and lead local solutions. We held monthly all-partners meetings to share best practices, lessons learned, and data. The team remained flexible and continuously iterated and revised its approach based on feedback, ideas, and solutions created with the community. Collectively, VEI reversed a growing inequity, closed inequities for those who identify as BIPOC, and saved lives. For example, according to the July 2023 report to the Massachusetts Legislature, “Since vaccines became available to most age groups in May 2021, VEI communities have increased the number of their population with a complete primary series by 105%, outpacing non-VEI communities at 75%.”