Major Potential State Fiscal Risk Averted Following Withdrawal of Proposed Federal Medicaid Financing Regulation

Sep 21, 2020 - The state levies a fee on stays in private hospitals. Revenues from this fee are used to increase hospital payments and help fund the Medi-Cal program. Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax. The state imposes a tax on MCOs, revenues from which are used to help fund Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4269

Major Potential State Fiscal Risk Averted Following Withdrawal of Proposed Federal Medicaid Financing Regulation [Publication Details]

Sep 21, 2020 - Major Potential State Fiscal Risk Averted Following Withdrawal of Proposed Federal Medicaid Financing Regulation [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/4269

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

May 22, 2020 - Administration Assumes Limited Growth in Populations for Which the State Pays a Lower Share of Cost. In Medi-Cal, the state pays a 50  percent share of cost for parents, seniors and persons with disabilities, and most children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4245

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities [Publication Details]

Apr 16, 2020 - This post summarizes key COVID-19 federal actions that affect aging- and disability-related state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4221

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - Under current state law, individuals employed by their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits. In the case of IHSS, this means that IHSS providers that provide services to their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - Medicaid is an entitlement program whose costs generally are shared between the federal government and states based on a set formula. To relieve state budgetary pressure caused by COVID-19 ’s likely impacts on state Medicaid expenditures and tax revenues, Congress approved a temporary 6.2  percentage point increase in the federal government ’s share of cost for state Medicaid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response [Publication Details]

Mar 23, 2020 - We discuss three sets of federal actions—(1) a federal legislative package focused on public health infrastructure, (2) a declaration of national emergency that opened the door for the state to apply for increased flexibility in the delivery of Medicaid services, and (3) a federal legislative package that provides for increased federal Medicaid funding and universal coverage of COVID-19 testing without cost sharing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4209

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2020 - Drawing on national research—that compares health care outcomes in states with and without a similar physician-supervision requirement for nurse midwives—we find that California's requirement is unlikely to improve safety and quality for low-risk pregnancies and births.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4197

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - The San Joaquin Valley and northern and Sierra regions of the state also have significantly fewer OB ‑GYNs per 1, 000 b irths than the more urban and coastal regions of the state. This suggests that —when only counting OB ‑ GYNs —access to women ’s health care services might be limited in certain areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

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

Feb 28, 2020 - DHCS has not yet released detailed state policy guidance on how cost ‑effectiveness will be overseen and enforced by the state. Depending on how the state ’s policy on cost ‑effectiveness is formulated, there is a distinct possibility that adding ILOS benefits ultimately could come with significant ongoing net costs to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4185