medi-cal
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ACL 11-59: CalWORKs): Implementation Of New Aid Codes For Foster Children In The CalWORKs Program (9/6/11)
In the past, foster children placed with relative caretakers who were not eligible for federal foster care benefits, were not identified as foster care cases. This meant that they were put into the CalWORKs-linked Medi-Cal, and required to…
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ACL 11-22: Implementation Of The New Inter-County Transfer Process For CalFresh Program Benefits (3/25/11)
Ding dong, the wicked witch of county-only Food Stamps (CalFresh) eligibility is dead! This letter implements (new) Welfare & Institutions Code § 11053.2, and sets out the inter-county transfer process for CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal linked cases, as well…
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ACWDL 11-03: Extension of the Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC) Program Sunset Date (1/27/11)
The TMC program has been extended to December 31, 2011. [Download]
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ACWDL 10-17: Requesting Duplicate Copies Of Decisional Documents From The Disability Determination Service Division (10/14/10)
After DDSD-SP concludes its disability determination, it returns copies of its decisional documents to the county office. This letter addresses the security and HIPAA concerns over the increase in request for duplicate decision documents. The county is asked…
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ACWDL 10-18: Medi-Cal Disability Program Processing of Presumptive Disability Determinations (10/21/10)
A reminder to the counties about the most efficient ways to process Presumptive Disability (PD) determinations. There are two ways to qualify for PD: the applicant has a condition that qualifies under PD; or DDSD-SP determines that the…
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ACWDL 10-19: Removal Of Meds Access For County Clinic Staff (12/10/10)
Busted. During a privacy and security assessment, DHCS found that some CWDs provided the MEDS accounts to clinic staff for purposes other than administering the Medi-Cal Program. The county clinic staff were using the MEDS system to perform…
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ACWDL 10-20: Clarifications To ACWDL 08-32 NOA Requirements (11/8/10)
Clarification of ACWDL 08-32, Notice of Action (NOA) Requirements. ACWDL 08-32 provided interim policies to eliminate multiple and confusing NOAs and required counties to take any measures possible to stop sending NOAs for every program for which the…
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ACWDL 10-26: Evaluations Of Craig V. Bontá Cases With Medi-Cal Eligibility Data System Generated Terminations And The Beneficiary Reimbursement Process Related To Those Cases (12/6/10)
This ACWDL provides information regarding the reinstatement of Craig v. Bontá eligibility for those potentially terminated in error, along with a NOA of reinstatement pending review. Counties are to evaluating MEDS generated Craig v. Bontá terminations to identify…
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ACIN 1-62-10: The New Federal Home Visitation Grant Program
One of the lesser-known benefits of the federal health reform package is a $1.5 billion program to fund voluntary maternal, infant and early childhood home visits. In California, the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Division of the Department…
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ACWDL 10-08: 2010 Statewide average private pay rate (APPR) for nursing facility services (4/30/10)
The 2010 statewide APPR for nursing facility services is $6311. The APPR is used to calculate the period of ineligibility for disqualifying transfers of nonexempt property for less than fair market value. Periods of ineligibility that began prior…