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

Feb 28, 2020 - Depending on how state policy for the incentive payments is developed, managed care plans potentially would be able to claim these expenditures on their cost reports. Within several years, the state could have to increase managed care reimbursement levels by the approximate amount of annual incentive funding that plans ultimately claim in their cost reports —in particular, if the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4185

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 14, 2020 - In this report, we provide high‑level background on the Medi‑Cal program and an overview of the major drivers of year‑over‑year spending changes in the Governor’s budget. We also discuss the administration’s recent submittal (late January 2020) of a modified managed care organization (MCO) tax proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4161

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2020 - We also discuss the administration’s recent submittal (late January 2020) of a modified managed care organization (MCO) tax proposal. We then provide analysis and recommendations on a series of key issues: (1) Recently proposed draft federal regulations referred to as the “Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation;” (2) proposals related to the Medi‑Cal pharmacy services benefit;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4161

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget proposes total expenditures of about $2. 3  b illion ($2. 1  b illion from the General Fund) for DSH operations in 2020 ‑21. This represents an increase of $ 232  m illion ( 11  p ercent) from the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Recently, corporation tax collections have grown faster than anticipated while personal income tax collections have grown somewhat slower. The administration assumes that this pattern will continue. This is because they attribute the pattern to partnerships, which are taxed under the personal income tax, changing to corporations in response to 2017 federal tax changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - Were the federal government to either deny approval of the MCO tax or delay a decision on approving the MCO tax past 2019 ‑20, General Fund expenditures in Medi-Cal would be around $860  million higher in 2019 ‑20 than we have estimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4116

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2019 - This web post provides detail on our projections and assumptions related to General Fund spending in Medi-Cal for the years 2019-20 through 2023-24. In the near term, we project Medi-Cal spending to grow to $23.5 billion in 2020-21. Over the long term, we project General Fund spending in Medi-Cal to grow to up to $27.6 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4116

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - Finally, the 2019 ‑20 spending plan reappropriates the unspent $5  million in General Fund provided to the Council in 2018 ‑19 to the Commission and makes the funding available for expenditure through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services [Publication Details]

Oct 17, 2019 - The spending plan also reflects the deposit of $700 million into a safety net reserve (bringing its balance to $900 million) that can be used for future CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal expenditures. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4104

The MCO Tax Item 4260-101-0001 [Publication Details]

Jun 3, 2019 - The MCO Tax Item 4260-101-0001 [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/4066