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    Monitoring Performance in Medi-Cal

    CHCF monitors how well the Medi-Cal program is delivering timely and high-quality care to its enrollees. Given the large number of people of color enrolled in the program, improving access and quality in Medi-Cal is essential to California’s ability to…

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    Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement

    For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California resumed its normal processes to redetermine eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees in April 2023. It will be imperative to help many of these Californians transition to other types of coverage and…

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    Medi-Cal Explained: Medi-Cal Financing and Spending

    This issue brief illustrates how Medi-Cal is financed and the factors that impact total spending on health services through the program.

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    Medi-Cal Explained: 2024 Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans by County

    In 2024, many California counties will experience major changes around which Medi-Cal managed care plans operate there. This fact sheet organizes these changes alphabetically by county and by managed care plan for easy reference.

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    Medi-Cal Explained: New Medi-Cal Services at a Glance (2020–2023)

    This fact sheet outlines new non-specialty mental health services as well as services introduced as part of the CalAIM initiative. It also covers benefits that establish a new billable provider type, such as community health workers.

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    Palliative Care in Medi-Cal (SB 1004) Resource Center

    Senate Bill 1004 (SB 1004) is the California law that requires Medi-Cal managed care plans to provide access to palliative care. Explore CHCF’s collection of tools and resources aimed at helping organizations implement, sustain, and improve programs providing palliative care…

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    Emerging Medi-Cal Community Care Hubs

    Learn how Medi-Cal Community Care Hubs can serve as centralized administrative entities that coordinate services among Medi-Cal providers, managed care plans, and patients.

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    Medi-Cal and the Federal Government — Policy at a Glance

    Learn some of the basics about the Medi-Cal program, including the important role that the federal government plays in funding and overseeing the program.

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    How to Fulfill the Promise of Medi-Cal

    One of the most important steps California can take to live up to its social and economic potential is to improve the effectiveness of the enormously important Medi-Cal program.

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    Health Disparities Require Bolder Action on Medi-Cal Managed Care Contracts

    The draft RFP for Medi-Cal managed care procurement is a significant step forward, but California must do more to eliminate disparities in access and outcomes

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    Medi-Cal Explained: Managed Care Plan Procurement

    This brief explains what the 2021 Medi-Cal managed care reprocurement process is and what it means for millions of Californians served by Medi-Cal.

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    How to Improve Medi-Cal Enrollment Renewals for Millions

    The first in a series of CHCF Blog articles about government agencies, community-based organizations, and other key groups on the front lines of the unwinding.

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    Medi-Cal Payment to Managed Care Plans: Current Process and Challenges

    This fact sheet provides an overview of Medi-Cal managed care plans and how they are structured.

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    The Medi-Cal Program: An Overview

    This publication offers an overview of the Medi-Cal program, which provides health coverage in California for children and their parents with low incomes, pregnant women, seniors, and nonelderly adults, including people with disabilities.

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    Designing Medi-Cal Consumer Advisory Committees

    This report presents findings from a survey of Medi-Cal managed care plans that sought to understand their practices and experiences running consumer advisory committees.

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