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April 4, 2012

CDCAN REPORT #066-2012: Brown Administration Releases for 30 Day Public Comment Draft "Dual Eligibles" Demonstration Project Proposal - LA, Orange, San Diego & San Mateo Counties Selected

The Brown Administration this afternoon released a draft proposal for a 30 day public comment period for the four county “dual eligible” demonstration project – called the “Coordinated Care Initiative” – that will shift people with disabilities and seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal into Medi-Cal managed care-type plans beginning in January 2013. The Department of Health Care Services will hold a public conference call today at 4:30 PM. Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and San Mateo counties were selected for the project.

BROWN ADMINISTRATION RELEASES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DRAFT FOUR COUNTIES “DUAL ELIGIBLES” DEMONSTRATION PROJECT PROPOSAL

March 7, 2012

CDCAN REPORT #036-2012: Brown Administration Announces formation of Stakeholder Workgroups to Provide Input and Recommendations on Development & Implementation of "Dual Eligibles Demonstration Project"

The Brown Administration announced late today that it would be forming a series of public stakeholder workgroups to provide input and make recommendations on the development and implementation of the proposal to pilot in at least four counties beginning in January 2013, the transition of people with disabilities and seniors who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal, from Medi-Cal “fee for service” into Medi-Cal managed care-type plans.

BROWN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUPS TO PROVIDE INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF “DUAL ELIGIBLES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT”

January 27, 2012

CDCAN REPORT #015-2012: Department of Health Care Services releases final "Request for Solutions"

The Department of Health Care Services, the state agency that oversees California's Medicaid program (called "Medi-Cal)" released a document called a "Request for Solutions" (RFS), that will be used to select sites to be included in a demonstration project proposal that the Brown Administration will submit for approval to the federal government to shift possibly hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities and seniors who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal - known as "dual eligibles" into managed care types of healthcare delivery. The deadline for applicants to respond to the "Request for Solutions" is February 24, 2012.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES RELEASES FINAL VERSION OF "REQUEST FOR SOLUTIONS" FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID DUAL ELIGIBLE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

May 17, 2011

CDCAN REPORT #105-2011: State moving forward on plan to shift 150,000 eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal into pilot managed health care projects in four counties

The State is moving forward to shift up to 150,000 of the over 1.1 million people with disabilities and seniors who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (called “Medi-Cal” in California) from their current “fee for service” plans into managed health care pilot projects in four counties by November 2012. Those persons eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal are sometimes referred to as “dual eligibles” or “Medi-Medis” and also includes many persons with developmental disabilities.

Department of Health Care Services Moving Forward To Shift Up To 150,000 People With Disabilities & Seniors Who Are Eligible for Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Into Pilot Managed Health Care Project In Four Counties