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Behind the Numbers: What is Driving Continued HCBS Rebalancing?
CMS Managed Care Rule Implementation: How Secret Shoppers Can Enhance the Beneficiary Experience
Mark Your Calendar: Implementing the Medicaid Managed Care Rule
The Countdown Has Started: Implementing the Medicaid Access Rule
Medicaid Managed Care Rule: What’s Next for States and Managed Care Plans?
Strengthening Quality Measurement in Medicaid and CHIP Through the Access and Managed Care Rules
Advisory Committee Requirements in the Access Rule: What’s Next for Implementation?
HCBS Requirements in the CMS Access Rule: What’s Next for Implementation?
The Final Medicaid Access and Managed Care Rules Expected Soon from CMS: Are You Ready?
Ensuring a Seamless Transition to Managed Care for Medi-Cal Members with Complex Needs
Navigating Care for Dual Eligible Individuals: Paving the Way for Medicare and Medicaid Integration
Advancing Care Coordination: What’s Ahead for California’s Dual Eligible Members
New Peer Support Services Benefit to Leverage Providers’ Lived Experience to Support Medi-Cal Members
Sowing Seeds of Change: Promising Early Results from California’s Medication Assisted Treatment Program
California’s Efforts to Facilitate Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Services
Californians, like the rest of the country, are facing significant mental health challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. The need for new and enhanced behavioral health supports and interventions has come into strong focus in recent years and states are leveraging their Medicaid programs to respond.
Medicaid & Medicare Prepare for the End of the Public Health Emergency
In November 2022, United States Senators Cassidy, Carper, Scott, Warner, Cornyn, and Menendez issued a request for information (RFI) regarding approaches for improving coverage for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligible beneficiaries are more likely to have complex health needs that are difficult and often expensive to treat. Too often, they experience a lack of integration and coordination that often results in confusing encounters with the health care system and negative health outcomes.
Senators Request Public Input to Inform Decision Making on Programs Serving Dual Eligible Enrollees
In November 2022, United States Senators Cassidy, Carper, Scott, Warner, Cornyn, and Menendez issued a request for information (RFI) regarding approaches for improving coverage for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligible beneficiaries are more likely to have complex health needs that are difficult and often expensive to treat. Too often, they experience a lack of integration and coordination that often results in confusing encounters with the health care system and negative health outcomes.