CalOptima Health PACE celebrates their 10-year anniversary
ORANGE, Calif. (October 30, 2023) — October marks 10 years for CalOptima Health PACE, Orange County’s first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. At the forefront of serving a…
CalOptima Health awards $52.3M to build 706 housing units for the homeless
ORANGE, Calif. (October 11, 2023) — Reflecting CalOptima Health’s ongoing commitment to Orange County’s vulnerable population of people experiencing homelessness, the Board of Directors approved awarding $52.3 million in grants…
CalOptima Health’s Carmen Katsarov Named to Governor’s Behavioral Health Task Force
ORANGE, Calif. (October 5, 2023) — Carmen Katsarov, LPCC, CCM, CalOptima Health’s Executive Director of Behavioral Health Integration, has been named to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Behavioral Health Task Force. Starting…
Dr. Michaell Silva Rose joins CalOptima Health as Chief Health Equity Officer
ORANGE, Calif. (September 25, 2023) — CalOptima Health is pleased to welcome Michaell Silva Rose, DrPH, LCSW, beginning today, as Chief Health Equity Officer, a new leadership role aimed at…
CalOptima Back-to-School event will include free health services, backpacks and food boxes, on 8/26
ORANGE, Calif. (August 23, 2023) — To help families prepare their children for the beginning of the new school year, CalOptima Health is hosting a Back-to-School event to celebrate and…
CalOptima Health directors approves $15M to fight fatal opioid overdoses
ORANGE, Calif. — To protect members against the tragic effects of the opioid epidemic, CalOptima Health’s Board of Directors has approved spending $15 million from financial reserves to purchase and…
O.C. Supervisor Sarmiento and CalOptima partner on event to support access to health insurance
ORANGE, Calif. — To raise awareness about Medi-Cal renewal and support families in need, Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento and CalOptima Health are hosting a major community event on Saturday,…
CalOptima allocates $106.6M to support provider rates and member care post COVID-19
ORANGE, Calif. (June 28, 2023) — Reflecting CalOptima Health’s commitment to member and provider needs as the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ends and Medi-Cal renewals begin again after a three-year hiatus,…
CalOptima Health and a vendor launch an O.C. street medicine program for the homeless
https://youtu.be/q4H_YvI9OQc ORANGE, Calif. (April 4, 2023) — CalOptima Health, in partnership with the City of Garden Grove and Healthcare in Action, launched Orange County’s first street medicine program on April…
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Medi-Cal renewals will impact millions across SoCal and put health coverage at risk
ORANGE, Calif. (March 24, 2023) — Medi-Cal members will soon be required to verify their eligibility for the program. The annual renewal process, which was suspended during the pandemic, could…
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Community Resources and Health Fair set for March 25 at Centennial park
In response to the loss of CalFresh emergency allotments, Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, Second District, and the County of Orange Social Services Agency have organized a Community Resources & Health…
Fake CalOptima callers are scamming vulnerable OC Medi-Cal users
ORANGE, Calif. (March 15, 2023) — CalOptima Health has received numerous reports from our members about unauthorized solicitations at their apartments and homes. According to these reports, individuals are misrepresenting…
CalOptima Health partners with NAMI OC to support discharged Medi-Cal mental health patients
https://youtu.be/t4eURScOC0M ORANGE, Calif. (December 7, 2022) — CalOptima Health has formed a partnership with National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Orange County to launch a peer support program for Medi-Cal…
CalOptima Health launches $50M “Cancer Moonshot”
ORANGE, Calif. (December 5, 2022) — CalOptima Health announced a five-year, $50.1 million Comprehensive Community Cancer Screening and Support Program designed to achieve the lowest incidence rate nationwide for late-stage…
CalOptima Health wins an award for partnership to improve behavioral health care
ORANGE, Calif. (November 18, 2022) — CalOptima Health and the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) received the Public-Private Partnership Award from the Orange County Business Council Turning Red Tape…