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Clear Lake council approves MOU amendment allowing Adventist Health to bill CalAIM for Hope Center services
Summary
The Clear Lake City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the Hope Center MOU that allows Adventist Health Clear Lake to bill CalAIM for non-medical services—to support recuperative care, housing navigation and housing sustainability—while keeping the facility’s use as transitional housing.
The Clear Lake City Council on May 4 unanimously approved Amendment 1 to the memorandum of understanding with Adventist Health Clear Lake that allows the health system to bill California’s CalAIM program for certain non‑medical services at the city’s Hope Center while preserving the property’s role as transitional housing.
Colleen Asawa Pisacoon, president of Adventist Health Clear Lake, told the council the organization is not seeking to convert the Hope Center into a medical clinic. “We will not be providing medical services there, but we would like to be able to bill for the things that are reimbursable through CalAIM,” she said, citing billing for recuperative care and housing navigation as examples.
Marilyn Wakefield, Adventist Health’s director of integrated…
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