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This week, CalOptima Health staff observed #HealthCareQualityWeek. The week celebrates the important work our health care quality professionals does in improving patient outcomes. CalOptima Health is committed to providing members with quality health care, while serving members with excellence, dignity and respect.⁣ ⁣ #HealthCareQuality #HealthCare #CommunityHealth

Last weekend, CalOptima Health and UCI Health Family Health Center, Santa Ana co-hosted a Maternal Health and Wellness event for new mothers and mothers-to-be. CalOptima Health’s Chief Health Equity Officer Michaell Silva Rose, DrPH, LCSW and the Equity and Community Health team partnered in the event. The women who attended were hand-selected and invited to participate in this pilot “clinic day.” Twenty-eight women and their children were able to receive needed check-ups, vaccinations, nutrition education and be assessed for maternal mental health and social needs. ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #OrangeCountyCalifornia #MaternalHealth #Maternal #MothertoBe #CommunityHealth #HealthCare

CalOptima Health Chief Executive Officer Michael Hunn recently attended the 2024 State of the Second District Luncheon, hosted by Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento and the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The event gathered business leaders, government officials and community members to discuss the district’s current state and future initiatives.⁣ ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #OrangeCountyCalifornia

October is #HealthLiteracyMonth – a time to recognize the importance of making health information easy to understand and the health care system easier to navigate. October and beyond, CalOptima Health is committed to improving organizational health literacy. In recognition of #HealthLiteracyMonth, staff from CalOptima Health’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) participated in month-long activities, including making a pledge, taking action and sharing and teaching health literacy.⁣ ⁣ #HealthLiteracy #HealthCareSystem #HealthCare #CommunityHealth #MedicalCare #OrangeCounty

October is National #PhysicalTherapyMonth. Thank you, CalOptima Health Physical Therapists, for keeping our PACE participants active and healthy.⁣⁣ ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #OrangeCountyCalifornia #PhysicalTherapy #PhysicalTherapist #PhysicalTherapists #Exercise #OlderAdults #Seniors #HealthySeniors #SeniorHealth #ChoosePT

The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) is a five-year, more than $4 billion initiative that is transforming the way California supports children, youth and families. On September 29, CYBHI published an article and accompanying video highlighting a new allcove center coming to Orange County in spring 2025. Allcove centers were developed by the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, to offer a safe and supportive space and access to a broad range of potential services, including mental health, physical health, substance use disorder, peer support, family support, housing, supported education and employment, and linkage to other services. CalOptima Health supported the development of this new allcove center in San Juan Capistrano, opening next spring to advance the overall goal of reducing suicide and suicide ideation, homelessness, unemployment, and school failure. “CalOptima Health is very proud to be a part of this project because it’s going to be a place youth have created for other youth, a place where they can receive support and connection in the way they want to receive it,” said Carmen Katsarov, LPCC, CCM, CalOptima Health’s Executive Director of Behavioral Health Integration.⁣ ⁣ #MentalHealthResources #MentalHealth #CommunityHealth #CommunityResources #Students #HealthandWellbeing

Last week, CalOptima Health’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Hunn joined Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley for the 17th Annual Orange County Senior Summit. More than 200 community members received resources from 30 organizations. Orange County Social Services Agency assisted individuals with CalFresh, Medi-Cal, general relief and CalWORKS inquiries.⁣ ⁣ #SeniorSummitOC #OrangeCounty #CommunityHealth #CommunityResources

Last Friday, CalOptima Health distributed 30,600 doses of naloxone to providers and community-based organizations in an effort to fight the opioid epidemic and keep our community safe.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #OrangeCountyCalifornia #HealthCare #CommunityHealth #Health #Naloxone #CommunityEvent #OpioidEpidemic

In observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, CalOptima Health is closed today.⁣ ⁣ CalOptima Health will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, October 15. For assistance, please call Customer Service at 1-888-587-8088. Representatives are available to help 24 hours, 7 days a week.⁣ ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #IndigenousPeoplesDay

To kick off our $50.1 million cancer screening effort, CalOptima Health awarded $16 million in first-round grant funding to 13 organizations. Last week, the grantees gathered at CalOptima Health to present their individual programs to promote awareness, increase outreach and work toward the shared goal of detecting cancer in the early stages when it’s more treatable.⁣ ⁣ CalOptima Health’s Comprehensive Community Cancer Screening and Support Program is designed to help Orange County achieve the lowest incidence rate nationwide for late-stage breast, cervical, colon and certain lung cancers.⁣ ⁣ The organizations that received funding include:⁣ –AltaMed Health Services –American Cancer Society –Celebrating Life Community Health Center⁣ –Families Together of Orange County Community Health Center⁣ –Friends of Family Health Center⁣ –KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES⁣ –Laguna Beach Community Health Center⁣ –Latino Health Access⁣ –mPulse⁣ –Share Ourselves⁣ –The G.R.E.E.N. Foundation⁣ –UCI Health Family Health Center⁣ ⁣ #OrangeCounty #OrangeCountyCA #OrangeCountyCalifornia #CancerGrantees #CommunityHealth #Healthcare #CancerScreening