Overview
Healthcare in Action operates as a street-based medical group that uses housing navigation and care management to support people experiencing homelessness, including wrap-around services like healthcare, behavioral health, and substance-use counseling, delivered via mobile clinics. Mobile teams travel to community locations with medical providers, nurses, community health workers, and social workers to deliver on-site care and coordinate services. They differentiate themselves by bringing care directly to the streets in six Southern California counties, integrating housing navigation with medical care, and being a fully owned subsidiary of SCAN Group. Their goal is to improve health outcomes for unhoused individuals and help them secure sustainable, long-term housing.
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What believers are saying
- Cedars-Sinai funded more vans in 2025, validating demand and expanding capacity.
- CalOptima is spending $4 million and expects street medicine in four more cities.
- Healthcare in Action already serves six California counties, creating cross-county referral and contracting leverage.
What critics are saying
- CalOptima’s 2027 expansion will reopen vendor bidding, pressuring Healthcare in Action’s Orange County position.
- The model depends on Medi-Cal reimbursements, grants, and donations; funding shocks shrink mobile teams.
- Failure to win payer contracts destroys the street-medicine economics and threatens company survival.
What makes Healthcare in Action unique
- Street teams deliver medical, behavioral, and housing support directly to unhoused Californians.
- Healthcare in Action operates inside SCAN Group, combining nonprofit care with payer relationships.
- Cedars-Sinai integration with Epic gives providers continuous records after hospital discharge.
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