CalOptima Unveils $100 Million, Five-Year ‘Strategic Vision’ To Improve Health Care Delivery

The Board of Directors for CalOptima, the county organized health system serving Orange County, California, approved a five-year strategic plan. The plan includes $100 million for technology to improve health care delivery and $8 million to launch a Street Medicine Program. The goal is to remove barriers to health care access for members by implementing same-day treatment authorizations and real-time claims payments for providers, and annually assessing members’ social determinants of health.

The $100 million investment in technology advancements will not only allow CalOptima to provide same-day treatment authorizations and process real-time provider claims payments . . .