Overview

On January 1, 2023, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) launched the Population Health Management (PHM) Program, which is a cornerstone of California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). As part of the PHM Program, Managed Care Plans (MCPs) are required to submit the PHM Strategy Deliverable to DHCS annually. The purpose of the annual PHM Strategy Deliverable is for MCPs to demonstrate their engagement in local health jurisdictions’ (LHJs) community health assessments (CHAs) and community health improvement plans (CHIPs) and provide other updates on the MCP implementation of the PHM Program to inform DHCS’ monitoring efforts.

The 2025 DHCS PHM Strategy Deliverable is intended for MCPs to:
  • Share updates to the shared goals and specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound; (SMART) objectives developed in collaboration with LHJs for the 2023 DHCS PHM Strategy Deliverable; 
  • Share how they are meaningfully participating on LHJs’ CHAs and CHIPs, including bright spots and challenges; 
  • Share updates on progress towards the 14 Behavioral Health Goals;
  • Attest to completion of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) PHM Strategy (inclusive of annual NCQA population assessment) and provide updates since last submitted to DHCS; 
If DHCS has concerns about MCPs’ DHCS PHM Strategy Deliverable submissions, DHCS will engage in monitoring and compliance efforts to drive improvement in these PHM program elements, as specified in the PHM Policy Guide. 

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