Kaiser Permanente Community Briefing on Medi-Cal Direct Contract

Recorded: Thursday, December 12, 2024

Watch recorded program Resources Speakers

Hear from Kaiser Permanente Medi-Cal program experts as they speak on:

An overview of the Medi-Cal program.
Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to the Medi-Cal system and core elements of our Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management program.
How we are connecting high-need Medi-Cal members with quality, person-centered care, including partnerships with local community-based organizations.

What is CalAIM and how Kaiser Permanente is addressing unmet social needs to improve overall health outcomes and promote health equity.
Proposed Medi-Cal policy changes and the future of the program.

Resources

Overview and Outreach Materials

Helpful Links and Contacts

Meet the Kaiser Permanente Speakers

Trish Rodriguez is the Senior Vice President, Clinical Services for the Northern California region of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. She works across the delivery system to ensure access to healthcare services by 4.6 million members across all care settings, including care delivery strategy for Medicare and Medicaid, development of new models of care for complex needs and vulnerable populations, and operations oversight of pharmacy, continuum (including SNF, home health and hospice, dialysis, DME, and transport), Mental Health and other specialty care services, e-Care, and PACE. Prior to this role, she served as the Senior Vice President and Area Manager for Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento and Elk Grove. She oversaw health plan and hospital operations, including Kaiser Permanente’s first Level II Trauma Center and the Geographic Managed Care (GMC) program. She began her career at Kaiser Permanente in 1991 at the Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu as a Staff Nurse in the Emergency Department. She then took on roles with increasing responsibility in the Hawaii Region, ultimately serving as Assistant Hospital Administrator/Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer. In 2008, she transferred to the Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center as its Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Rodriguez is a Registered Nurse and earned her master’s degree in public health from the University of Hawaii and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Lethbridge, in Alberta Canada. Trish has also attended the KP Executive Leadership Program at the Harvard Business School.

Trish Rodriguez

Senior Vice President, Continuum Operations & Clinical Services

Arif Shaikh Senior Director, Medi-Cal Policy and Engagement

Arif Shaikh

Senior Director, Medi-Cal Policy and Engagement

Kinisha Campbell Executive Director, Medi-Cal Coordination

Kinisha Campbell

Executive Director, Medi-Cal Coordination

Shamiq Hussain Director, Medi-Cal Policy

Shamiq Hussain

Director, Medi-Cal Policy