The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Figure 1 More Counties Will Have Medi ‑Cal Managed Care Model With Only One Public Health Plan Number of California Counties in Each Model Counties With … Models With One Public Health Plan COHS model Models with private plans only b 22 58 — a In January 2024, two counties will switch from other
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The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Under the SNF training model, SNFs hire their own instructors (often employees of the SNF) and often pay students hourly wages while they receive training. In exchange, SNFs typically ask, but do not require, students to commit to working at the SNF for a specified amount of time (such as one year) after becoming a CNA.
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The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Determining the appropriate minimum standard would require further analysis, as there may be some trade ‑offs between the level of integration a D ‑SNP model offers and the feasibility of implementing that model statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Eliminate Assisted Living Waiver waitlist by increasing waiver slots by 7,000. 255 Services: Enhancing HCBS Capacity and Models of Care Developmental Services Rate Model Implementation. Implement rate models recommended by the 2019 Rate Study. $1,260 b Social Recreation and Camp Services for Regional Center Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Specifically, statute provides that the fully funded provider rate models are to be implemented using two payment components: a base rate equaling 90   percent of the rate model and a quality incentive payment equaling up to 10   percent of the rate model, the latter of which is to be implemented through the quality incentive program.
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The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Expands Whole Child Model to Additional Counties. The Whole Child Model, enacted in 2016, integrates the California Children ’s Services program into Medi-Cal managed care. Prior to this year ’s budget package, Whole Child Model was authorized in 21 counties —nearly all counties with only one public managed care health plan serving most Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
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Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - CYBHI makes dyadic care —a model of care which provides integrated physical and behavioral health screening and services to children and youth and their families —an ongoing covered Medi ‑Cal benefit funded at roughly $100  million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals

May 9, 2019 - The bulk of the funds ($ 73  m illion) was to support existing residency slots. The remaining funds were for adding slots at existing programs, funding start ‑up costs for new programs, funding loan repayment programs, and funding associated state operations.
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The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Infectious Disease Modeling. Since February 2020, CDPH has been modeling COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit capacity. In July 2020, the University of California Office of the President established a COVID-19 Modeling and Analytics Consortium with input from CDPH.
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