1. The California Center for Long Term Care Integration Presentation to San Diego County August 31, 2001

2. The Center’s Mission The Center’s mission is to identify, interpret, develop and disseminate knowledge to support participating counties’ efforts to successfully plan and implement high quality, consumer-focused, cost-effective long term care integration

3. How Does the Center Achieve its Mission? The Center research team conducts data analysis and provides support and technical assistance to the California Department of Health Services, Office of Long Term Care’s Integration Pilot Program and the California counties participating in the program based on a contracted scope of work.

4. How Is the Center Structured?

5. How Can You Find Out More? Website: http://www.ltci.ucla.edu Mail: Sandy Atkins, Project Director; 3715 McClintock Ave., GER-306, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191 E-mail: wilber@usc.edu, satkins@usc.edu, jyip@usc.edu Phone: 213-821-5340

6. Outline for Today Introduce team –Kate Wilber –Robert Myrtle –Sandy Atkins –Judy Yip –Jung Ki Kim Overview of San Diego Data Report Overview of Analysis of High Cost Users Q & A