Medical Home

The Pediatric Medical Home Program at AltaMed’s General Pediatrics clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) continues to provide care for children with the most intensive needs because of their developmental disabilities.  Our expansion of the Pediatric Medical Home Program at AltaMed’s General Pediatric clinic at CHLA includes interdisciplinary subspecialty medical care and includes pediatric gastroenterology, neurology, ophthalmology, allergy/immunology, dermatology and orthopaedics, nutrition and gynecology.  The program provides specialized care coordination for over 500 patients annually.  We continue in our process of establishing a community based venue to further enhance and improve access to our Medical Home model.  Our target population continues to be primarily low-income, Hispanic residents living in underserved areas of Los Angeles.  Over half of the current clinic patients live below the federal poverty level and 87% are covered by Medi-Cal.  Many families come from outlying areas of LA County as well where there is no access to specialized services for Special Needs Children.