Posts Tagged by CaliforniACA
CaliforniACA March Newsletter
| April 3, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Legislation/Policy, State |
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Supreme Court Challenge The Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida Days after the 2nd anniversary of the ACA, the Supreme Court heard 3 days of oral arguments over the constitutionality of the ACA. The first day was on whether or not the Court had the authority to hear… more
ITUP’s February Newsletter
| March 2, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Legislation/Policy, State |
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MEDI-CAL Proposal to Transition Healthy Families Children into Medi-Cal On February 9, DHCS hosted a stakeholder meeting on the proposed transition of Healthy Families (HFP) into Medi-Cal. A recently proposed trailer bill would require all HFP enrollees with family incomes up to 250% FPL to transition to Medi-Cal over a… more
ITUP’s January Newsletter
| January 31, 2012 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy, State |
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Medi-Cal Budget Proposal Includes Steep Cuts to HHS Unsurprisingly, this year’s budget proposal is a continuation of a years-long trend that cuts deeply into critical HHS programs. Despite the state’s improving fiscal condition, slow economic growth and lower-than-anticipated General Fund revenues were cited as reasons for the major cuts and… more
ITUP’s December Newsletter
| December 22, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy |
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Medi-Cal L.A. Care Will Absorb Costs of Medi-Cal Rate Reduction In October, CMS approved a 10% reimbursement rate cut to certain classes of providers, combined with a plan to monitor beneficiary access to services. Earlier this month, L.A. Care Health Plan, the largest Medi-Cal managed care plan in California, announced its… more
CaliforniACA November Newsletter Now Available!
| November 30, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy |
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Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cuts Approved Despite already having some of the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rates in the country, California was recently cleared by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cut an additional 10% from many providers’ Medi-Cal reimbursements (including physicians, dentists, clinics, pharmacies, and most nursing homes). The Medi-Cal program costs… more
CaliforniACA – October Edition
| November 8, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy |
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Update on Health-Related Legislation October 9 was Governor Brown’s deadline to sign legislation into law. Governor Brown signed bills related to MLRs (medical loss ratios), autism coverage, coverage for maternity benefits, standardization of applications, and extensions of Medi-Cal fees for hospitals and Medi-Cal managed care plans. To see a full… more
CaliforniACA September Newsletter Now Available!
| September 26, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy |
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Update on Health-Related Legislation Approved Bills Governor Brown has signed two bills into law since the legislative session ended on September 9. SB 335 (Hernandez) extends a hospital fee to increase funding for Medi-Cal through 2013 and ABX 1 21 (Blumenfeld) extends a fee on Medi-Cal managed care plans for… more
CaliforniACA – August Newsletter
| August 22, 2011 | Posted by Mike Sloyan under Legislation/Policy, State |
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Medi-Cal Data on the Newly Eligibles A new publication from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) gives us a snapshot of the low-income individuals who will qualify for Medi-Cal in 2014. Data from population survey data finds that within this population: 60% are under age 40 and no less… more
CaliforniACA – July Newsletter
| July 27, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog, Legislation/Policy, State |
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Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), California has taken important steps to implement various provisions of the new legislation. Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) is pleased to offer monthly newsletters aimed to keep policymakers, stakeholders and the media informed of California’s progress in implementing… more
CaliforniACA – June Newsletter
| June 17, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Legislation/Policy |
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Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), California has taken important steps to implement various provisions of the new legislation. Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) is pleased to offer monthly newsletters aimed to keep policymakers, stakeholders and the media informed of California’s progress in implementing… more
