February’s outreach events recap
Los Angeles County 2/3 – For the third year in a row, state outreach specialists provided information and resources to attendees of the City of Monterey Park’s Lunar New Year Festival. Outreach staff...
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Los Angeles County 3/11 – State outreach specialists distributed information at Telemundo 52’s Los Angeles Health Expo, “La Feria de Salud” held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Beneficiaries,...
View ArticleDHCS Releases Duals Plan Letter Updating Transportation Benefit
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) finalized the Duals Plan Letter (DPL) that provides clarification and guidance about changes to Medi-Cal Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) and...
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Los Angeles County 4/5 – CCI Outreach specialists shared information with social workers, agency representatives, and community advocates at the L.A. County Older Adults Summit at the Pasadena...
View ArticleDHCS Seeking Feedback on Cal MediConnect Enrollment Changes
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is seeking feedback from stakeholders on whether the Cal MediConnect enrollment period should be updated to be consistent with the new Medicare enrollment...
View ArticleNew Research: Care Coordination and Its Impact on Beneficiary Access to...
UC Berkeley’s Health Research for Action and the Community Living Policy Center released a research brief examining the implementation of the Cal MediConnect (CMC) care coordination benefit. Results...
View ArticleMay’s outreach event recap
Los Angeles County 5/17 – A state outreach specialist engages with Korean-speaking residents of Steel Plaza Apartments in downtown Los Angeles. Orange County 5/19 – State outreach staff share...
View ArticleCal MediConnect Enrollment Updates
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is announcing two enrollment updates to the Cal MediConnect program. Cal MediConnect Broker Enrollment Pilot When Cal MediConnect and the CCI were...
View ArticleDepartment of Health Care Services Requests Cal MediConnect Extension
On June 20, 2018, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) submitted a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI)...
View ArticleJune’s outreach events recap
June Outreach Events Los Angeles County 6/1 – Information table at Arlington Elementary School Fair in East Los Angeles 6/2 – Information table at Seventh Day Adventist Community Health Fair in...
View ArticleCMS Approves DHCS’ Request for a Waiver to Maintain the Continuous Special...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) request to waive new Medicare regulations for 2019 that limit the continuous Special...
View ArticleDHCS Seeking Public Comment on Data Sharing Proposal
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has released a set of recommendations on how Cal MediConnect plans can share data to promote continuity of care when members transfer between plans. Public...
View ArticleJuly’s outreach event recap
Los Angeles County 7/11 – An outreach specialist presented the Cal MediConnect program to a group of Korean-speaking seniors at Koreatown Senior Center in Los Angeles. Orange County 7/1 – State...
View ArticleCal MediConnect LTSS Best Practices Summary
One key focus of Cal MediConnect (CMC) – as well as the broader Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) – is to better integrate long-term services and supports (LTSS) for Medicare and Medi-Cal...
View ArticleMSSP Transition Model of Care Workgroup Releases Recommendations for Public...
Under the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), MSSP will transition from a federal 1915(c) HCBS waiver to a fully integrated Medi-Cal managed care benefit in the CCI counties no sooner than January 1,...
View ArticleAugust 2018 outreach event recap
Los Angeles County 8/29 – Beneficiaries and their families and caregivers attended the Fourth Annual CCI Health Fair at Angelus Plaza Senior Activity Center in Los Angeles. San Bernardino...
View ArticleCal MediConnect Agent/Broker Pilot
Plan Selection, Readiness, & Data Reporting Overview Today, DHCS is announcing that L.A. Care is the only Cal MediConnect plan which applied and qualifies for the Cal MediConnect Agent/Broker...
View ArticleUCSF Publishes Cal MediConnect Evaluation Results
In September 2018, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Community Living Policy Center and the Institute for Health and Aging released findings from the Cal MediConnect (CMC) evaluation...
View ArticleSeptember 2018 events recap
Los Angeles County 9/13 to 9/15 – About 250 physicians and members of the California Medical Association attended the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations (NEPO) Summit in Pasadena. There, an...
View ArticleHelp Raise Awareness and #FightFlu This Season!
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Flu Day of Action on December 5, 2018. Share the message that getting an annual flu vaccination is important for beneficiaries and their...
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