We have created a new resources webpage for the upcoming Medi-Cal
County Inmate Program (MCIP). This new program will allow
counties or providers (in situations where a county opts into the
program and provides the non-federal matching funds) to draw down
federal Medicaid funding for inmates who are treated for more
than 24 hours at medical facilities that are offsite or separate
from county jails. Counties should have received materials from
the Department of Health Care Services and can begin opting into
the program in January. We will be updating our MCIP page on the CSAC
website as materials are made available. The slides from a recent
informational webinar on the program, hosted by DHCS, are
available
here.
CSAC Supports Continued Commitment to Coordinated Care
Initiative
A wide range of stakeholders, including CSAC, recently sent a
letter
to Governor Brown expressing support for continuing the
Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) in the 2017-18 budget. CCI
brings together the many fragmented pieces of our healthcare
system, enabling CCI beneficiaries to be better served and live
more productive lives.
Stakeholders have invested over six years in the design and
implementation of CCI with the aim of improving the overall
quality of care a beneficiary receives. With CCI, there is a
common goal to move California from a fragmented health and long
term care system to a delivery system that is more coordinated
and provides high quality, fully integrated, and person-centered
care to seniors and people with disabilities.
Signatories of the letter also include: California Association of
Health Plans, the Alzheimer’s Association, CAPG – the Voice of
Accountable Physician Groups, the Congress of California Seniors,
LifeLong Administrative Offices, Local Health Plans of
California, Services Employee’s International Union, and
UDW/AFSCME Local 3930.
