Latest California Healthline Stories
Medi-Cal Enrollment Jumps to 11.3 Million
Enrollment in Medi-Cal continues to rise and now includes almost one-third of the state’s population. The number of beneficiaries — estimated now at about 11.3 million — is likely to dip after the renewal period ends.
Fragile, Rural Population About To Be Moved Into Medi-Cal Managed Care
Consumer advocates say it didn’t go so well the last time state officials moved elderly and disabled Medi-Cal beneficiaries into managed care plans. Now the state is moving forward with another shift — this time for rural beneficiaries. How will this transition be different?
Senate Raises Concerns About Medi-Cal Backlog and Exchange Outreach Effort
‘Phones are ringing off the hook,’ state legislators say, with complaints about access to providers and long waits for Medi-Cal enrollment processing.
How State Will Handle Medi-Cal Renewals
Only about half of the eight million Medi-Cal recipients who need to renew their coverage this year have done so. That has led to the state temporarily delaying cancellation of Medi-Cal coverage for late enrollees.
State Gearing Up To Move Rural Seniors, Disabled Into Medi-Cal Managed Care
California health officials are about to launch a program in rural parts of the state to shift about 20,000 Medi-Cal seniors and persons with disabilities into managed care plans.
How Open Enrollment Affects Medi-Cal
Covered California’s second open enrollment period beginning Nov. 15 could bump up Medi-Cal enrollment, but probably not as much as last year, officials predict.
State Closing In on Federal Waiver for Residential Care in Drug Medi-Cal Plan
The linchpin to fixing the state’s fractured Drug Medi-Cal Program is a federal waiver of a restriction on residential care facilities, according to testimony at a Senate hearing.
Briefing Set on Drug Medi-Cal Reforms
State health officials’ plans to reform the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program will be explained and debated at a Senate hearing today.
Medi-Cal Officials Hope Enrollees Aren’t Confused by Exchange Renewal Notices
Covered California has started its big push to get people to renew coverage, but those notices have nothing to do with Medi-Cal, officials say.
UCLA Study Shows Why One of the Biggest Obamacare Fears May Not Come To Pass
California’s Low Income Health Plan ended nearly a year ago. But UCLA researchers think the state’s early Medi-Cal expansion can inform how we think about Obamacare implementation — and emergency department use, in particular.