California’s Medicaid Reentry Waiver created new opportunities—and new operational challenges—for correctional health systems across the state. This session shares lessons from county-level implementation efforts, including successes, barriers, and strategies that improve continuity of care. Explore approaches to Medicaid enrollment, cross-system coordination, and postrelease planning that help reduce mortality, strengthen reentry support, and improve long-term outcomes after release.

Educational Objectives

• Describe the components of CMS-approved Medicaid Reentry Demonstration waivers
• Identify challenges counties face during Medicaid Reentry implementation
• Apply strategies to strengthen continuity of care during reentry

Level: Intermediate