California Section 1115 Comprehensive Demonstration Project Waiver: Implementation Plan

 Download file    (.pdf, 160.9 KB)

Description:
Report providing DHCS' Section 1115 waiver implementation plan. The State of California proposes a comprehensive Section 1115 waiver that incorporates four principal elements: 1) Promote more organized, accountable delivery models to improve care and control costs for seniors and persons with disabilities, as well as children with significant medical challenges, the dually eligible and persons with both physical and behavioral needs; 2) Support the efforts of safety net providers and organized delivery models to better integrate and restructure their financing and delivery models to promote the inclusion of safety net providers in the delivery systems occurring today and contemplated under pending federal reforms; 3) Implement value-based purchasing strategies that drive system improvement and improved outcomes; and 4) Enhance the delivery system for the uninsured. The plan is also organized around the four principal vulnerable Medi-Cal populations and the programs that serve them in California.