Organizational Restructure
Earlier this year, our Vice President of Health Access and Quality, Cindy Keltner, announced her retirement. While we are excited for Cindy as she embarks on her new chapter in life, her impending retirement also required that we look at our organizational structure, and marked an opportunity to work with her and other senior leaders to develop a new structure that best allows CPCA to help our members meet the demands of delivering high-quality, patient-led, and community-centered care in an ever-evolving healthcare landscape.
CPCA Staff Highlights
Welcome to Our New Team Members!
Angela Avalos, Chelsea Coss, Xia Wen Guan, Madison Kelly, and Graciela Silva
A Familiar Face in a New Role
Taylor Beckwith, formerly CPCA’s Associate Director of Grassroots Advocacy, is now serving as the Associate Director of Population Health Management.
CPCA MEDI-CAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR PROJECT LAUNCHED JANUARY 2024
CPCA officially launched the Medi-Cal Health Navigator Project in January 2024, which is providing $17.75 million to 108 community health centers (CHCs) and 10 consortia to meet California’s Medi-Cal redetermination and expansion goals through June 2025. Activities across the state are underway and CHCs are providing a range of navigation services to their patients, including Medi-Cal outreach, enrollment, renewal, utilization, and troubleshooting.
Building Resilience: Enhancing Emergency Management Programs at California Community Health Centers
Community health centers (CHCs) play a critical role within the healthcare delivery system and serve as frontline leaders and trusted messengers in their communities. CHCs ensure equitable access to vital healthcare services, especially in times of disasters or public health emergencies.
Advancing Healthcare: Key Takeaways from CPCA’s 2024 Quality and Technology Conference
In today’s dynamic healthcare landscape, quality improvement and technology play pivotal roles for health centers. CPCA’s 2024 Quality + Technology Conference (QTC), which took place in March, served as a source of innovation and collaboration for over 300 community health center professionals. Bringing together leading experts, practitioners, and stakeholders in Long Beach, CA, the event illuminated key trends, challenges, and opportunities affecting California's health centers.
First Population Health Management Initiative Statewide Learning Session is a Success!
The Population Health Management Initiative (PHMI) – a California partnership between the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Kaiser Permanente, and community health centers (CHCs) – has entered a new implementation phase this year.
CPCA Launches Regulatory Engagement Library
Once a bill is signed into law, many of the details of how it is to be implemented are done through regulations. Accordingly, CPCA engages in regulatory advocacy, working with state and federal departments to influence how regulations are drafted, interpreted, or implemented, as a way to ensure successful implementation for community health centers (CHCs) and patients.
Get to Know the Encounter Data Resource Hub
Improving encounter data reporting is critical to advancing healthcare equity and affordability in California. As the Encounter Data Governance Entity (EDGE), funded through a grant from Health Net, LLC, the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) is coordinating initiatives to improve how encounter data is collected, reported, and used.