On Wednesday, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for its commercial Medi-Cal managed care plan (MCP) contracts. DHCS is seeking MCPs committed and able to advance equity, quality, access, accountability, and transparency to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes for Californians. While the release RFP is…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently released a proposal to enter into a direct contract with Kaiser Permanente as a Medi-Cal managed care plan within new geographic regions of the state, effective January 1, 2024, for a five-year contract term with potential contract extensions. Under the new proposed contract, subject to federal…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), under the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency, recently granted approval of California’s sweeping health and human services initiatives. On December 29, CMS signed off on the state’s sweeping “California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal” (CalAIM) initiative, consisting of two federal waivers – the Section 1115 Medicaid…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) today announced a series of important changes to timelines relative to the Medi-Cal program and services. These include: Managed Care Plan (MCP) Procurement – DHCS is modifying the release date of the Medi-Cal MCP Request for Proposal (RFP) to February 2, 2022. DHCS had initially planned on…
Read More »This afternoon, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced a new program to encourage vaccination among Medi-Cal beneficiaries. $350 million (half general fund and half federal funding) will be available to Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) to incentivize outreach programs and activities by the plans and their providers, particularly primary care providers and pharmacies,…
Read More »The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) earlier this month released a brief entitled, “Understand the Basics of Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement,” detailing the basics of the state’s upcoming procurement process, the scope and goals of the 2021 procurement process, the timeline and specifics of each step of the procurement process, and opportunities for public stakeholders…
Read More »On Tuesday, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a draft request for proposal (RFP) to solicit feedback from interested parties regarding the Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan contract and upcoming plan procurement process. Interested parties may include, but are not limited to, health plans, counties, providers, advocates, and other stakeholders. DHCS is conducting…
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