About Us
CSCC is a non-profit (501(c)(6) advocacy association that represents 19 member medical groups, and the California Association of Neonatologists. As a result, the Coalition represents over 3,000 pediatric subspecialty physicians. These pediatric medical groups are affiliated with nearly every Children’s hospital in the state of California. The Coalition, which solely represents the interests of pediatric subspecialists, is unprecedented in the United States.
Mission
To ensure that children and youth with complex health care needs have access to equitable, timely and high quality care, provided by pediatric subspecialists who are able to thrive in California’s health care environment, through strong leadership, education and advocacy.
Vision
All children with complex health care needs receive the right treatment, at the right time, at the right place, and from the right provider.
Key Objectives
- Enhance our role as go-to thought leaders in increasing quality, equity, and access to health care for children with complex health care needs.
- Educate and advocate for policies and practices that benefit children with complex health care needs, their families, and the physicians who specialize in their care.
- Continue to build a sound organizational infrastructure to achieve our mission, vision, and goals.
Policy Areas of Strategic Interest
- Ensure sufficient and equitable public and private payer reimbursement to promote high quality and timely access to pediatric specialty care.
- Advance systems of care for all children and youth with complex health care and psychosocial needs and ensure accountability of the Department’s Whole Child Model implementation.
- Advocate for telehealth policies that are standardized across payors, and improve equitable access, and quality of care for children with complex health care needs.
- Improve quality and access for children and youth with complex health care and psychosocial needs by providing guidance and monitoring implementation in areas such as: CalAIM – Enhanced Care Management; transition to adult care; CCS; palliative care and pain management; complex primary care; Medi-Cal RX; and Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative.
- Advocate for expansion of workforce development programs and policies to promote sufficient supply of pediatric subspecialists and non-physician providers to ensure quality and access to care.
- Within the population of children and youth that our member physicians treat, support policies that improve health equity and reduce the effects of structural racism on health outcomes.
- Provide education and advocate for targeted innovations where there is evidence-based value for children with rare and complex conditions.