Deputy Director, Behavioral Health
DHCS, California
Tyler Sadwith was appointed Deputy Director, Behavioral Health at the California Department of Health Care Services in June 2022. Tyler is responsible for leading DHCS’ ambitious agenda to ensure high-quality and accessible specialty mental health and substance use disorder services in Medi-Cal and other public programs. He leads the development and implementation of policy and initiatives designed to strengthen behavioral health care access, quality, service delivery, and achieve equitable health care outcomes for 14 million Medi-Cal members and Californians served through other programs. He provides direct management to three divisions: Community Services, Licensing and Certification, and Medi-Cal Behavioral Health.
Prior to his appointment, Tyler served as the Assistant Deputy Director, Behavioral Health where he assisted in overseeing the planning, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and management of the Department’s behavioral health services. Tyler has also served as a Senior Consultant at Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc., where he provided strategic advice and technical support to state health leaders on behavioral health policy and delivery system reforms. Additionally, he served as the Technical Director at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he spearheaded efforts in supporting states to introduce comprehensive benefit, program, and delivery system reforms through Medicaid Section 1115 substance use disorder (SUD) demonstration waivers. He also implemented the agency’s opioid strategy and oversaw the SUD portfolio of CMS’ Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program, a cross-agency strategic support and technical assistance platform designed to support service delivery and payment innovation in Medicaid.
Friday, April 14, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM