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Street Medicine
A mobile clinical team meeting people exactly where they are—on the street, in encampments, in shelters—removing every barrier between them and care.
How it works
Bringing quality healthcare directly to our unsheltered neighbors — breaking down barriers one patient at a time.
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Risk Assessment
On-site medical, behavioral health, and social needs assessments for unsheltered individuals — the first step into Enhanced Care Management.
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Clinical Health Assessments
Physical exams, chronic disease monitoring, and preventive screenings performed by licensed clinicians directly in the field.
03
Wellness Checks
Routine vitals, basic screenings, and well-being checks that catch issues early and keep members connected to care.
04
Comprehensive Care
Ongoing primary and preventive care, medication management, and chronic disease treatment — delivered by an integrated multidisciplinary team.
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Complex Wound Care
Specialized wound assessment, cleaning, dressing, and infection prevention performed wherever the patient is — promoting healing and avoiding hospitalization.
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Medication Support
Medication management, prescription assistance, education, and adherence support to keep treatments working and prevent complications.
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Health Navigation
Appointment scheduling, transportation, referrals, and benefits enrollment — building a bridge from the street to ongoing medical care.
Proven results
The challenge — and the impact
Statewide data from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Medi-Cal, and CalAIM.
180K+
Californians experience homelessness on any given night
Source · California HCD Point-in-Time Count
Read3.0%
Of all CA hospital encounters were for people experiencing homelessness
Source · HCAI 2023–2024
ReadAPL 22-023
DHCS formally recognized Street Medicine as a Medi-Cal provider type
Source · California DHCS
ReadHow we overcome it
What Pacific Health Group does about it
Each challenge above is paired with the concrete way our care model addresses it on the ground.
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Clinic-quality care, on the street
Wound care, medication management, behavioral health, and infectious disease treatment — delivered where the member already is, by clinicians who came to them.
02
Built to reduce hospital encounters
Every infection we catch early, every medication we restart, and every follow-up we keep is one less avoidable ED visit in HCAI's count.
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Operating inside the APL 22-023 framework
Credentialed, contracted, and reimbursed as a recognized Medi-Cal provider type — so this work is sustainable, not philanthropy-dependent.
Who it's for
Does any of this sound like you or someone you know?
Street Medicine is designed for the situations below. If even one fits you or someone you love, you likely qualify at no cost through your Medi-Cal plan.
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People experiencing unsheltered homelessness
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Members disconnected from a primary care home
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Outreach & shelter partners
04
Individuals living in encampments, vehicles, or temporary shelter
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Members with untreated wounds, infections, or chronic disease on the street
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People with serious mental illness or substance use disorder living unsheltered
07
Pregnant women and youth living without shelter
08
Veterans and older adults experiencing homelessness
What's included
Benefits
Tangible support you can count on from day one — fully covered by your Medi-Cal plan.
Mobile clinical visits
Licensed clinicians come to encampments, shelters, and the street — providing exams, treatment, and follow-up exactly where the patient already is.
Medication delivery
Prescriptions filled, delivered, and re-supplied on the street — keeping chronic conditions controlled without requiring a pharmacy trip.
Wound & chronic-condition care
Specialized wound care, infection prevention, and management of diabetes, hypertension, and other chronic conditions in the field.
Pathway to housing & ECM
Every encounter is a doorway into Enhanced Care Management, Community Supports, and a real plan to move from the street into stable care.
Behavioral health & SUD support
Field-based mental health and substance use support — including warm hand-offs to medication-assisted treatment and crisis services when needed.
Benefits & ID recovery
Help replacing lost IDs, re-activating Medi-Cal, and connecting to shelter, food, and outreach partners so members aren't locked out of care for paperwork reasons.
Ready to get started?
Become a member online in minutes, or call us and a specialist will walk you through it — at no cost when covered by Medi-Cal.