Health Plan Of San Mateo Selects Upward Health To Provide Home-Based Care

Upward Health’s HomeAdvantage contract to provide home-based, whole-person health services to CareAdvantage enrollees of the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) in California began in January 2022. The CareAdvantage program serves residents of San Mateo County with complex medical, behavioral, and social challenges who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program).

HPSM is a local, non-profit County Organized Health System in California founded in 1987 with over 140,000 members, representing about 20% of San Mateo County’s population. Nearly 9,000 HPSM members are dually eligible for Medicare and Medi . . .