The 2020-21 May Revision: Recommend Reduction to Medi-Cal Caseload Costs

May 22, 2020 - As the economy falters and job losses occur, these individuals tend to join Medi-Cal in fairly large numbers. When the economy has sustained periods of growth, the opposite tends to occur and these individuals leave in fairly large numbers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4245

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - The administration ’s assumptions around which enrollee populations will join or remain in the program in greater proportions differ from the actuals that we have observed to date during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2019-20 May Revision: Update to Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

May 29, 2019 - However, for Yolo County, which joined CMSP in 2011 and is treated as a non-CMSP county for purposes of redirection of health realignment revenue, the state has redirected a larger amount of funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4077

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - The budget act assumed that individuals and families experiencing job losses or otherwise having their incomes fall under COVID ‑19 would join the Medi ‑Cal program in huge numbers. Most of the caseload growth assumed in the budget act was attributed to this factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - For example, Whole Person Care enrollees reported improvements in their overall and mental health, Health Homes participants visited emergency departments at a significantly lower rate after one year of enrollment, and Full ‑Service Partnership clients utilized primary health care at higher rates than before they joined the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - At the onset of the pandemic, state policymakers anticipated that the unprecedented job losses would translate into millions of Californians losing job-based and individual market coverage, and instead would either join Medi-Cal or lose coverage entirely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Costs are assumed to grow over time as newly eligible individuals gradually join the program in higher numbers and increase their utilization of services. By 2024 ‑25, annual costs are expected to reach $1.3  billion General Fund ($1.5  billion total funds).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2020-21 Budget: Re-Envisioning Medi-Cal—The CalAIM Proposal

Feb 28, 2020 - California would join 25 o ther state Medicaid programs —plus the District of Columbia ’ s —that currently require NCQA accreditation. Of these 26 Medicaid programs, 14  use NCQA accreditation to deem at least partial adherence to federal and state Medicaid standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4185