Breathing Easier: Medi-Cal’s Asthma Home Visiting Services
Medi-Cal now supports in-home asthma services that are designed to improve health outcomes, lower healthcare expenditures, and reduce health disparities. But awareness of these services among the healthcare sector is limited. Join this session to learn more about Medi-Cal’s Asthma Preventive Services benefit, which covers asthma education and an in-home trigger assessment, and Asthma Remediation, which covers supplies and services to mitigate asthma triggers, including how to connect your clients to these helpful services.
By the end of the session, participants will better understand:
- The disparate impacts of asthma.
- Medi-Cal’s Asthma Preventive Services (APS) and Asthma Remediation (AR).
- How to refer your patients/clients to APS and AR.
- The value of APS and AR services for improving health outcomes, reducing healthcare costs, and reducing health disparities.
- Tools and technical assistance to support your own asthma-related efforts.
Presented by Anne Kelsey Lamb, MPH, Director of Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP), a project of the Public Health Institute and Joel Ervice, Associate Director of Regional Asthma Management and Prevention.
Complimentary Training for CCALAC Members & Affiliates
Instructor Biography:
Anne Kelsey Lamb, MPH, is the Director of Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP), a project of the Public Health Institute. Serving as the Director since 2002, Ms. Lamb provides overall strategic guidance in working toward the organization’s vision and mission, ensuring a highly effective organization and innovative, successful programs. Emphasizing both prevention and management, Ms. Lamb leads RAMP in building capacity, creating linkages, and mobilizing networks to advance policy and systems change targeting the root causes of asthma disparities.
Joel Ervice is the Associate Director of Regional Asthma Management and Prevention. A project of the Public Health Institute, RAMP works to reduce the burden of asthma with a focus on health equity. Since 2003, he has helped lead RAMP from its Bay Area focus into a nationally-recognized resource. In partnership with RAMP’s director, Joel manages organizational development, financial sustainability, and communications activities. Joel also manages much of two goal areas: Healthy Air for All and Healthcare Equity.