With additional food benefits ending and the eligibility for Medi-Cal being redetermined, County officials and nonprofits are hosting a resource fair to help residents sign up for benefits.
Tag: Medi-Cal
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In Wake of ‘Pay to Play’ Fine at OC’s Health Plan for the Poor, Legislators Consider Action
County supervisors like Andrew Do could be banned from working for CalOptima in the year after leaving office.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Top Stories
How to Get Financial Help in OC During the Coronavirus
Amid a state mandate for all California residents to stay home, social service help like Medi-Cal and CalFresh can be applied for online.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Contract Dispute Could Have Left Some CalOptima Patients Without Mental Health Care
A contract dispute between Magellan Healthcare and CalOptima, the county’s health plan for low-income and elderly residents, may have left some of CalOptima’s 710,000 patients without mental health care when, for nine days in July, Magellan refused to process Medi-Cal payment claims.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Health & Wellness, State, Top Stories
Paying doctors more—will they treat more poor Californians?
Physicians and advocates for low-income patients pried a $325 million raise from a reluctant Gov. Jerry Brown, who was skeptical that a doctor pay increase would translate to better care.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
OC Supervisors Appoint New CalOptima Board Members
It’s the second time in five years that supervisors have remade board of directors of the $3.2 billion health plan for low-income, elderly and disabled residents, and solidified the medical industry’s control.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Pregnant Women Dropped From Covered California Without Notice
Nearly 2,000 pregnant women join the ranks of Covered California customers whose health plans have been automatically — and sometimes mysteriously — canceled.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
OC Among Few Counties Still Denying Medical Care to Undocumented
More than 80 percent of California counties now provide at least some level of non-emergency medical care to poor undocumented immigrants. But Orange County is not one of them.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
County Seniors Opting Out of Healthcare Demonstration Project
Orange County’s participation rate in a demonstration project that combines the resources and services for people dually eligible for Medi-Cal and Medicare is the lowest among the seven counties in the program.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, News Briefs, Top Stories
CalOptima Slashes Rates Paid for Care of Medi-Cal Patients
The state had instituted raises in anticipation of increased workload due to Affordable Care Act. But the patients weren’t as sick as expected.
