Posts Tagged by LIHP
DHCS post new LIHP Monthly Enrollment Numbers
| October 26, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently posted new monthly enrollment data for the Low-Income Health Program (LIHP) by county during August 2012. The Low-Income Health Program is a coverage initiative included in California’s §1115 Medicaid Waiver that allows counties to cover a larger portion of its MIA… more
UCLA releases report on safety net integration resulting from CA’s coverage initiatives
| August 10, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research recently released a report discussing safety net integration resulting from coverage initiatives in California’s (2005 and 2010) §1115 Waivers. The new study is an extension of an earlier UCLA assessment that summarized the development of provider networks and medical homes from the 2005… more
LADHS Enrolls Over 200,000 L.A. County Residents into Healthy Way LA-Matched
| July 25, 2012 | Posted by Veronika Kiselev under Blog |
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As of June 30, 2012, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LADHS) had enrolled 200,924 L.A. County residents into HWLA-Matched, L.A. County’s Low Income Health Program (LIHP). Of those enrolled, 59% will be receiving care from LADHS medical homes and 41% from Community Partner clinic medical homes. HWLA was… more
Los Angeles Begins Transitioning Ryan White Beneficiaries to Healthy Way LA
| July 11, 2012 | Posted by Veronika Kiselev under Blog |
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July 1, 2012 marked the first day of transitioning Ryan White (RW) beneficiaries to the L.A. County Low-Income Health Program (LIHP), Healthy Way LA (HWLA). L.A. County maintained a goal of preserving the HIV/AIDS delivery system and providing continuity of care while operating under LADHS constraints. With approximately 5,000 RW… more
Enrollment Data for California’s Low-Income Health Programs
| June 22, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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California’s §1115 Medicaid Waiver acts as a stepping-stone for implementing provisions of the ACA. The Waiver allows counties to cover indigent adults (who will be eligible for Medicaid expansions in 2014) early through Low-Income Health Programs (LIHPs) by providing a federal match on county funds used to care for MIAs. Counties… more
Federal Government Approves Path2Health
| December 21, 2011 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The federal government recently approved the CMSP Governing Board’s proposal for a Low-Income Health Program (LIHP), which will be known as Path2Health. LIHP is a coverage expansion program under the State’s §1115 Medicaid Waiver allowing counties to receive a federal match for care delivered to their low-income, uninsured population. Path2Health… more
§1115 Waiver Update: The Low Income Health Program
| November 4, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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At the Waiver Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento yesterday, Jalynne Callori, Chief of the Low Income Health Program (LIHP), provided an update on county LIHP timelines and application/enrollment processes. Former CI Counties The ten “legacy” counties (counties that implemented Coverage Initiatives under the 2005 waiver) executed their contracts on… more
ADAP and State to County Cost Shifting
| July 8, 2011 | Posted by Alison Klurfeld under Blog |
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With LIHP enrollment beginning in earnest, counties are facing a little-discussed side effect of joint county-federal financing for the program. Whereas counties presently use local funding to pay for care of their uninsured low-income residents, they will now receive a 1-to-1 federal match. In most cases, this federal support should… more
County LIHP Proposals: Summary and Analysis
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Introduction A significant component of the new §1115 Waiver, the Low Income Health Program (LIHP) presents California counties an opportunity to receive tens of millions of dollars in federal matching funds to provide coverage for their medically indigent adult (MIA) populations. In essence, the LIHP is an early start to… more
ITUP Summary of Counties’ LIHP Applications
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog, Waiver Reports |
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On March 18th, we noted that DHCS had recently published copies of 26 counties’ applications for the Waiver’s Low Income Health Program (LIHP). Based on the projections in their applications, counties predict the total number of people covered under the LIHP to be approximately 455,000, — with the vast majority… more
