Initial Health Assessment (IHA)/ Staying Healthy Assessment (SHA)
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) REQUIRES all new Medi-Cal members to have the IHA completed within 120 days from plan enrollment. IHA ensures that a health professional has a thorough understanding of who their patient is, their needs, and a collaboration between both parties to develop a plan for meeting those needs.
The Staying Healthy Assessment (SHA) forms MUST be distributed to new patients during the Initial Health Assessment (IHA) and on a timely basis once patients enter a new age category. Instructions on how to implement SHA, and Age-specific forms are available to download from the www.dhcs.ca.gov website.
To ensure compliance with DHCS and Health Plan partners each month MCSHP sends our providers new Medi-Cal members who have been assigned to them and need their Initial Health Assessment (IHA).
As well as the December Monthly Resource for the Community Members and Providers that will be placed under: ProviderResources | MemorialCare Select (memorialcareselecthealthplan.org) and Healthy Living | MemorialCare Select (memorialcareselecthealthplan.org)