Assessing Recent State Efforts: Health Care for the "Hard-to-Insure" [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2005 - Based upon our evaluation, we present several recommendations to improve the program by potentially reducing its costs to enrollees and the state. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1352

Part "D" Stands for "Deficit": How the Medicare Drug Benefit Affects Medi-Cal [Publication Details]

Mar 15, 2005 - The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act, also referred to as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) makes significant changes to the federal Medicare program. The implementation of the Medicare drug benefit component of MMA, known as Part D, is likely to cause significant net financial losses to the state for years and have other major programmatic impacts on Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1282

State Needs Unified Strategic Approach to Homeland Security [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - State Needs Unified Strategic Approach to Homeland Security [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1261

Towards a More Systematic Rate-Setting Model for Regional Centers [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - Our analysis finds that the way the state sets rates for vendors who provide community services for the developmentally disabled on the whole lacks a rational and consistent approach. We review how rates are set for these services and offer an improved and systematic approach that could achieve significant state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1285

Lowering the State's Costs For Prescription Drugs [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2005 - Lowering the State's Costs For Prescription Drugs [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1223

Evaluating the Administration's California Rx Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2005 - A related report— Lowering the State's Costs For Prescription Drugs —which addresses the state's purchasing of drugs for its own programs, will be released shortly. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1222

Health and Social Services Block Grant Not A Good Fit for Counties [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - the Governor proposes to consolidate into a single block grant, funding for state-only programs which serve immigrants, and transfer these programs to the counties effective October 1, 2004. The proposal assumes that counties will achieve administrative efficiencies, so proposed block grant funding has been reduced by 5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1117

Governor’s Health Family Reforms: An Assessment [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - The Governor's budget proposal to cap Healthy Families Program enrollment, while feasible and effective in addressing the state's fiscal problems, raises a number of issues. We recommend against this approach because other alternatives are available to the Legislature to hold down the cost of the Healthy Families Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1121

Governor’s Developmental Services Reforms: An Assessment [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - The cost to the state of operating regional centers (RCs) for persons with developmental disabilities has continued to escalate at a rapid pace, with General Fund spending more than doubling in the past five fiscal years despite efforts to obtain more federal funds to offset state support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1122

Improving The State’s Medi-Cal Antifraud Program [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - While these actions have resulted in increased savings and allowed the state to avoid some additional program costs, fraud remains a major concern in the Medi-Cal program. In this analysis, we explain the structure of the Department of Health Services' (DHS) antifraud program and how it compares to national models of fraud control in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1114