The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

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The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Limit on Directed Payments. H.R. 1 also reduces an existing limit on payments directed to certain providers through Medicaid managed care plans. These payments will now be set at the comparable rate paid by Medicare, rather than the average rate paid by private health plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - 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 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - This brief summarizes our annual outlook for General Fund spending on Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5092

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5146

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - CDPH has worked to adapt a number of these systems for other public health purposes, such as laboratory reporting of other infectious diseases or vaccine management for non-COVID-19 vaccines. As the state works to develop an overarching public health IT strategy, the department is renewing short-term maintenance and operations contracts to maintain current system capabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - …As Will Public and Private Hospital Managed Care Payments … Payments to hospitals in the Medi ‑Cal managed care system also will decline over time. This is because of the required gradual reduction in managed care payments to the level paid in Medicare.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - To that end, the Legislature likely will want to work with DHCS, managed care plans, and providers to better track the timing of payments. Fiscal Uncertainties Will the General Fund Have Capacity to Cover More Costs in 2027?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - However, many plans have cited challenges in working with providers who are unfamiliar with how services are reimbursed within a MCP network. Providers Have Less Familiarity Working With MCPs. CHCF conducted a survey of MCPs and providers on CalAIM implementation in 2023 and again in 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003