The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - Prior to this, the department did not maintain comprehensive contact details for providers. The department indicated that the directory will help facilitate the quality incentive process by providing access to current and complete provider data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to discontinue this delay in provider payment processing in 2022 ‑23 in order to ease associated provider cash flow challenges. One ‑time funding is needed to support the action since it would cause an additional two weeks of provider payments to occur in 2022 ‑23 as opposed to 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - Managed Care Plans Attest to Reimbursing Providers at Higher Levels Than Medi ‑Cal FFS. For Medi ‑Cal managed care plans, Medi ‑Cal FFS provider rates often serve as the starting point of negotiations between the plans and providers, with increases beyond the Medi ‑Cal FFS provider rates being agreed as needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 13, 2019 - These supplemental payments are paid on top of the base reimbursement rates that providers receive for the Medi ‑Cal services they provide. In a couple of instances, however, the provider payment increases took the form of Medi ‑Cal base rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - …Though Data Limitations Complicate Comparisons. The prescription drug market involves a complex and opaque system of payments and players, complicating assessments of drug prices. One key issue is rebates —negotiated discounts that drug makers pay to health plans after drugs are purchased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - The measure directs the administration to reduce the fixed allocations of Proposition  56 revenue, but it does not provide precise instructions for calculating these reductions. In our view, the administration ’s 2019 ‑20 reductions reflect a reasonable interpretation of the statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Service Utilization Also Impacted by Availability of Providers. Under the Lanterman Act, RCs are responsible for connecting consumers to provider organizations that can provide the services agreed upon in the IPP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Comparison to LAO November Outlook. In  our Fiscal Outlook released in November 2022, we anticipated the state would face a $24 billion budget problem, somewhat higher than the $18 billion budget problem we estimate the Governor addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - This is because some of the CDCR staff that currently provide these services for DJJ also provide service to other divisions within the department and utilize resources such as computers, software, and office spac e that would likely still be needed by CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - California Recently Pursued Increases to Two Largest Provider Taxes. Federal rules include an overall limit on how much revenue provider taxes can generate. California historically has set its provider taxes and fees well below this revenue limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146