CMS Approves California’s Medicaid Overhaul

CMS approved California’s Medicaid proposal — called California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal — which aims to make the state’s Medicaid program more equitable.

The proposal will launch Jan. 1, according to a Dec. 29 news release from the California Department of Health Care Services. Services in the proposal include:

• Enhanced care management
• Community supports
• Providing Access and Transforming Health supports
• Delivery system transformation and alignment
• Substance use disorder services and initiatives
• New dental benefits
• Supporting coordination and integration for dual-eligible
• Global payment program
• Chiropractic services for Indian Health Service and tribal facilities

 

Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/cms-approves-california-s-medicaid-overhaul.html