Medi-Cal
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ACWDL 13-03: Screening of (1) Child Applicants in the Age Group 6-18 for Potential No Cost Medi-Cal Eligibility Under Section 1931(b) and (2) Deemed Eligible Medi-Cal Infants Under the Age of One
This letter is the result of the lawsuit filed by Maternal Health and Child Access (MCHA) against DHCS and MRMIB for failing to refer Healthy Families applicants who applied through the Single Point of Entry (SPE) to Medi-Cal…
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ACWDL 13-02E: Errata 2013 Medicare Premiums and SSI Standard and Parent Allocations and Property Limits for the Medicare Savings Programs and Other Programs
Amends ACWDL 13-02, which informs counties of the allocations and property limits for the Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) as well as the Medicare premium amounts for 2013. The letter, available here, also directs counties to disregard Title II…
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ACWDL 13-01: 2013 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Spousal Impoverishment Caps
Informs counties of the increase to the maximum income and property caps. [Download]
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ACWDL 12-40: Adding 150 Percent to the Federal Poverty Level Chart (12/31/12)
Ringing out the old year by revised poverty level ceilings for most of the Medi-Cal percentage programs and adding a 150% entry. [Download]
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ACWDL 12-39: Incarceration Verification Program (12/21/12)
Should you want to know the new county process for verifying incarceration for purposes of stopping Medi-Cal… [Download]
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ACWDL 12-38: Increase in Substantial Gainful Activity level (12/11/12)
Announcing that the new SGA level will go up from $1,010 to $1,040 per month effective January 1, 2013. Counties unable to implement this change by January 1, 2013 must retroactively redetermine Medi-Cal eligibility based on disability if…
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ACWDL 12-36: Treatment of Same-Sex Spouses and Registered Domestic Partners Subject to Transfer of Property Penalties or a SOC for Nursing Facility Level of Care (December 10, 2012)
Instructions to retroactively implement AB 641, which extends the full array of spousal protections now available to married, opposite-sex couples, to same-sex spouses and registered domestic partners through the transfer of property undue hardship provisions. [Download]
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ACWDL 12-35: Inpatient Psychiatric Care for Incarcerated Juveniles – Interim Instructions For Implementation of the April 5th, 2010, City and County of San Francisco and Santa Clara vs. Shewry Court Order (12/19/12)
Important information on the settlement in the Shrewry case, which provides for Medi-Cal coverage for psychiatric care of under 21 year olds, detained by the city, county or state. [Download]
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ACWDL 12-34: January 2013 Social Security Title II and Title XVI Cost of Living Adjustments and Related Issues (12/5/12)
Lots of 2013 rate chart goodies here: how to compute the January 2013 COLA for Title II; the 2013 Medicare Part B Premium ($104.90); the 2013 Federal Benefits Rate; the In-Kind Support and Maintenance Values for computing Pickle…
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ACWDL 12-33: Targeted Low-Income Children’s Program (11/16/12)
Information about AB 1494, which provides for the transition of children from the current Children’s Health Insurance Program (Healthy Families) , to the Medi-Cal program. The former HF children will be called the “Targeted Low-Income Children’s Program” in…