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This publication is part of CHCF’s Medi-Cal Explained series. The series provides an overview of the program, including the people it serves, the services it provides, and how it is organized, managed, and financed.
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including 40% of all children, half of all people with disabilities, over a million seniors, and nearly four million adults. It is administered by the state’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Approximately 82% of Medi-Cal beneficiaries are enrolled in a Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan (MCP), a private or public health insurance entity that takes responsibility for most of an enrollee’s medical benefits, including primary care, specialty care, and non-specialty mental health services. There are more than 30 full-service and specialty MCPs that participate in Medi-Cal’s managed care program.
This fact sheet provides a high-level overview of how DHCS assesses and addresses quality in the Medi-Cal Managed Care Program, including:
- What data DHCS uses to assess quality
- What MCP quality information is publicly available
- How DHCS addresses poor quality
