Pioneering Whole Person Health in California with Dr. Brad Gilbert
Investing in housing for Medicaid enrollees is one of the ways Dr. Bradley Gilbert has pioneered Whole Person Health in California. He’s an original population health thinker, from his start as a county public health officer to decades of service as CEO of one of the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care plans and his most recent role as Director of Health Care Services in California. Dr. Gilbert chats with Claudia about lessons learned along the way and why we need to focus on what’s good for people, not just saving money.
Relevant Links
Evaluation of IEHPs housing investment
Recent CMS guidance for states offering social supports through Medicaid managed care
About Our Guest
Dr. Bradley Gilbert, MD, MPP was Director of California’s Department of Health Care Services in 2020 and helped lead the state through its first response to the COVID-19 pandemic and initial implementation of CalAIM. Before that Dr. Gilbert headed the Inland Empire Health Plan, one of the largest Medicaid Managed Care plans in the nation. IEHP serves more than a million Members in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California. Previously Dr. Gilbert was the Public Health Officer for San Mateo and Riverside Counties. While he was CEO at IEHP Brad was board chair of the organization Claudia led, Manifest MedEx
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