When the pause on Medicaid redeterminations ended this past April, up to three million Medi-Cal enrollees were at risk of losing coverage.
Madeline Sabatoni, Senior Program Officer at Sierra Health Foundation, co-authored an informative article featured in Grantmakers in Health’s prestigious Views from the Field series delving into California’s ambitious efforts to address enrollment churn in its Medicaid and Medi-Cal programs to promote health equity for all.
Over two years, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation and Transform Health partnered with the state to develop innovative outreach and enrollment strategies to help the hardest-to-reach communities regain consistent coverage. These strategies helped reduce adverse health outcomes and administrative costs.
The article highlights the essential role of local navigators as powerful community messengers, as well as the impactful role that philanthropy can play in Medi-Cal outreach and enrollment.