Orange County Medicaid Program Sends $8.9M to About 500 Providers To Resolve State Billing Error

CalOptima, Orange County's Medicaid program, has sent $8.9 million to about 500 providers to resolve a state billing error. The error occurred when the state reimbursed 785 providers a total of $15 million from the wrong Medi-Cal fund from July 2011 to May 2013, according to the California Department of Health Care Services. Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program.

• "Medi-Cal Misfire : CalOptima Seeks To Rectify State Billing Error With $8.9 Million in Payments to O.C. Health Providers" (Perkes, Orange County Register, 7/3).