The Mental Health Plan and Drug Medi‐Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC‐ODS) services are committed to providing quality mental health and DMC-ODS services to eligible adults, older adults, and children experiencing serious and persistent mental health problems and or substance use disorder issues. Mental health services and DMC-ODS are confidential and are based on the belief that people can, and do, recover from mental illness and substance use disorders. Even though asking for help with mental health problems or substance use issues may be a challenge, help is just a phone call away.

Substance abuse is a major public health and safety problem adversely impacting communities.  Optum collaborates with providers to improve and reverse the matter with broad and meaningful community change. 

The FFS Medi-Cal network is part the of the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Mental Health Plan (MHP) and specifically serves San Diego Medi-Cal beneficiaries whose behavioral health issues are considered to be severe and meet Title 9 Medical Necessity for Specialty Mental Health Services.

Optum San Diego serves as the single point of access for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Strength Based Case Management (SBCM) referrals. Optum provides a standard routing system for receipt and processing of referrals to most appropriate program based on the information provided on the referral and additional collateral information avaialable. Optum will collaborate with the case management programs throughout the referral process.