medi-cal
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ACWDL 08-06: NEW LIMITS AND DISREGARDS FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL PROGRAM FOR 2008 (2/25/2008)
The 2008 income limits and disregards for the A&D FPL program are now out. $1,097 is the limit for an individual beginning April 1st. [Download]
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ACWDL 08-05: New Federal Poverty levels (2/14/2008)
The new Medi-Cal FPL chart is here. For most Medi-Cal programs these new levels do not go into effect until April. There is also a Sneede v. Kizer chart based on the new poverty levels. [Download]
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ACWDL 08-04: CONFIDENTIALITY POLICIES GOVERNING MEDI-CAL AND THE MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY DATA SYSTEM
Medi-Cal beneficiaries information is now confidential; it can only be released for purposes directly related to administration of the Medi-Cal program. Employees can only access as much beneficiary information as they need to administer the program. As of…
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ACWDL 08-03- Notices of Action for the Requirement to Provide Evidence of Citizenship/ National Status and Identity as a Condition of Medi-Cal Eligibility (1/24/08)
This ACWDL contains 5 different DRA related NOAs, in English and Spanish. They have yet to be translated into other threshold languages. The first two NOAs inform Medi-Cal applicants that they have been approved for restricted-scope Medi-Cal with…
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ACWDL 08-01- Integration of County Performance Standards Application Samples (1/18/08)
Previously the Program Review Section reviewed Counties’ application processing times using two different application samples, one for general applications and one for disability-based applications. This ACWDL changes the process and integrates the area of application processing into one…
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ACWDL 8-02- Term Life Insurance and Endowment Life Insurance Contracts (1/24/08)
Some term life insurance policies now have cash values. The face value of those with cash surrender value will be combined with the face value of other insurance policies. If the total combined face value is over $1,500…
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ACWDL 07-34: Medi-Cal Pre-Release Application Process for Wards in County Juvenile Facilities (1/2/08)
This ACWDL lays out the process county welfare departments need to follow to determine the Medi-Cal eligibility of youth prior to their release from county juvenile facilities, pursuant to SB 1469. Before a juvenile is released, the county…
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ACL 07-46: Changes To The Case Management, Information And Payrolling System (CMIS) For Share Of Cost Reimbursement To Recipients For Overpaid Out Of Pocket Payment Of Medically Recognized Expenses (11/8/07)
Info on the process to allow reimbursement to a recipient for overpaid Medi-Cal Share of Cost (SOC) as the result of missing the State’s payment of medically recognized expenses (also known as Buy-Out) at the beginning of the…
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ACWDL 07-20 – Information Privacy and Security Assessment- (October 19, 2007)
This ACWDL requires counties to assess their privacy and security practices and report that information to DHCS. This will allow the counties to have continued access to SSA’s data. [Download]
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ACWDL 07-21 – January 2008 COLAs and Related Issues- (November 5, 2007)
The Title II COLA is going up by 2.3%; this ACWDL instructs counties on how to do the computations for interactions between the COLA and the new Medicare Part B premium (96.40) as well as the COLA and…