Plan for the Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center

The health care planning and development will ensure:
• Access to the full array of required services by qualified providers, including
primary health and specialty medical care, optometry and ophthalmology,
pharmacy, support services such as occupational and physical therapies, and the
provision of medical equipment and supplies.
• Comprehensive case management is provided to each consumer which includes
coordination and oversight of their individualized health services to assure the
provision of all services identified as medically necessary by their primary care
physician.
• Coordination among the regional center, the health plan and other health service
providers to ensure efficient access to quality services.
Outpatient Clinic Services
As an additional measure of bridging the transition from Lanterman into the community,
and to ensure the continuity of medical care and services to Lanterman residents, the
Department will operate an outpatient clinic at Lanterman. The outpatient clinic will
provide medical, dental and behavioral services to former Lanterman residents to assist
in stabilizing the person in their new setting while they are in the process of transferring
care to a new healthcare provider. The clinic will operate until all residents have moved
from Lanterman and their health care transition has been completed.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Use of quality assurance systems to ensure a safe and successful transition from
Lanterman is not only a commitment of the Department but has been widely stated as a
need by many stakeholders who provided testimony in the public hearing and within
other meetings. Over the past 10 years, California has moved steadily toward a more
integrated, value-based quality management and improvement system that produces
desired consumer outcomes. The quality management system (QMS) is based upon
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Framework. At the core
of the model is the consumer and family; the central goal is “doing the right thing” for the
people served by the system. Quality management starts with establishing clear
expectations for performance (design), collecting and analyzing data to determine if the
expectations are met (discovery), and finally, taking steps to correct deficiencies or
improve processes and services (remediation and improvement).
Through action taken by the Administration and Legislature in July 2009 (ABX4 9,
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2009), the Department consolidated the Life Quality Assessments
and the Evaluation of People with Developmental Disabilities Moving from Developmental
Centers into the Community Study into a single quality assessment tool and data collection
effort. This effort is called the National Core Indicators and will provide quantifiable data to
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