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November 7, 2024
Medi-Cal Services & Supports for Californians Transitioning Out of Incarceration
Jasmine Young and Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
In California, roughly one million adults and youth involuntarily enter or are released from a California public carceral system annually. At least 80 percent of individuals who are incarcerated in California are eligible for Medi-Cal and would benefit from Medicaid-covered services. In 2021, California rolled out the California Advancing…
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October 16, 2024
California Children’s Services Due Process Toolkit
Alicia Emanuel, Anuja Kumaria, Anna Leach-Proffer, Sydney Louie, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Skyler Rosellini Toolkit
California Children's Services (CCS) is a state program for children and youth with special health care needs. CCS can be a complex program to understand because the rules often depend on how the beneficiary gets CCS services and the county that the CCS beneficiary lives in. This CCS due…
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October 16, 2024
Upcoming Changes to Medi-Cal for Foster Youth in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Imperial Counties
Carly Myers
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August 28, 2024
Medicaid Advisory Committees: Best Practices for Effective Stakeholder Engagement
Daniel Young and Wayne Turner Issue Brief
Although Medical Care Advisory Committees (MCACs) have been federally required for nearly forty years, some states have seriously underutilized this opportunity to monitor and improve their Medicaid programs. In May 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated regulations implementing MCACs. New requirements for the renamed Medicaid…
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August 14, 2024
Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights
Carly Myers and Kim Lewis Fact Sheet
Some county mental health plans (MHPs) have policies and practices on ICC and IHBS that do not comply with state law and policy, such as imposing additional eligibility criteria or requiring prior authorization for ICC. This factsheet reviews the correct legal standards for ICC and IHBS access and outlines…
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July 9, 2024
NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services
Geron Gadd and Jennifer Lav Testimony
NHeLP submitted the following Statement for the Record in response to the Senate Committee on Finance's Hearing on "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions." The statement highlights the need for focused expansion of quality intensive home and community-based Medicaid services, in order to meaningfully address the…
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Medi-Cal Services & Supports for Californians Transitioning Out of Incarceration

California Children’s Services Due Process Toolkit

Upcoming Changes to Medi-Cal for Foster Youth in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Imperial Counties

Medicaid Advisory Committees: Best Practices for Effective Stakeholder Engagement

Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights

NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services