Medi-Cal Managed Care HMO – Health Care Options#Pick your Plan Show Here you can review and choose the HMO that you want to deliver your Medi-Cal health Care. Learn more:
While you can have an
employer or Indivudaul Plan and Medi Cal, there is However
a One must choose a Managed Care – HMO health plan – provider within 30 days after enrollment in Medi-Cal otherwise the State will pick plan for you. Medi-Cal Website Unless you have Other Health Coverage -OHC, then you must go Fee for Service. When you have an HMO managed health care, the State of California makes a deal with health plans and pays a fixed amount each month per member enrolled in the plan – capitation. The HMO health plan is then responsible for providing you all your Medi-Cal services included under the EOC Evidence of Coverage. HMO Plans are required under state and federal law to maintain an adequate Medi-Cal provider network to ensure that each member has a primary care physician and must report on quality and access measures.
#Clarification from Medi-Cal on Hi Steve – On May 8, you reached out to our Office of Communications, and requested answers to the following questions. Please see DHCS’ responses*** below.
Medi-Cal managed care plans do not stop beneficiaries from enrolling in private health insurance plans. If a Medi-Cal beneficiary is currently enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan, and subsequently purchases private health insurance, they will not be disenrolled from the Medi-Cal managed care plan. The website above only applies to Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are required to enroll in a Medi-Cal managed care plan, which is the large majority of the Medi-Cal population.
If a Medi-Cal beneficiary has active other health coverage upon Medi-Cal enrollment, they are currently not eligible for enrollment into a managed care plan. However, Medi-Cal beneficiaries with other health insurance will be eligible to enroll in a managed care plan after DHCS implements the
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative to transition share of cost beneficiaries to Medi-Cal managed care for non-duals (Medi-Cal coverage only) on January 1, 2022 and duals (Medicare and Medi-Cal coverage) in January 1, 2023.
A Medi-Cal beneficiary who has other health insurance (OHC) is required to exhaust their OHC before Medi-Cal assumes payment for a service. However, Medi-Cal providers are not allowed to deny a medically necessary service even if the provider has evidence that a beneficiary has OHC. In order for the provider to bill Medi-Cal for that service, the provider must first obtain a denial letter from the OHC entity. (Other Health Coverage (OHC) Guidelines for Billing (other guide) (ca.gov) pg1)
Assuming that you are referring to “HMO” as a Medi-Cal managed care plan, the State has direct data exchanges with commercial health insurance carriers to identify members with other health coverage. This data is shared with Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans to ensure effective coordination of benefits. If other health coverage information is present at time of billing, the Medi-Cal managed care plan will reject (not deny) the claim and provide the other health coverage information to the provider for billing. If other health coverage information is obtained after a Medi-Cal managed care plan has paid for the claim, the plan will initiate post-payment recovery.
Medi-Cal managed care plans and Medi-Cal fee-for-service do not pay for a Medi-Cal beneficiary’s copays or deductibles for their employer’s HMO/PPO plan. The DHCS Health Insurance Premium Payment program does offer an option for a narrow population of newly enrolled Medi-Cal beneficiaries to receive reimbursement for OHC co-pays and deductibles for a limited time, subject to eligibility requirements. Please see dhcs.ca.gov for additional information.
CA currently uses the two out of four approaches: · Enrollees with any other insurance coverage are excluded from enrollment in managed care (note that this will change after Cal AIM implementation) · Enrollees with other insurance coverage are enrolled in managed care and TPL responsibilities are delegated to the MCO with an appropriate adjustment of the MCO capitation payments o This approach is used when a Medi-Cal beneficiary is first enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan and subsequently obtains other health coverage. TPL responsibilities are then delegated to the Medi-Cal managed care plan for the first 12 months after the date of payment for a service. If you have any additional questions on other health coverage and Medi-Cal, please let me know. Thank you! Lindsey Wilson, Chief Coordination of Benefits and Administration Third Party Liability and Recovery Division ***Please note that a few things in the letter were changed, so that it would look better when posted on the web. Contrast… What is Medi Cal Fee for Service?FFS Fee for ServiceUnder FFS Fee for Service, the California state pays enrolled Medi-Cal providers directly for covered services provided to Medi-Cal enrollees. It is the enrollee’s responsibility to find a physician who accepts Medi-Cal. CHFS.org* How much does Medi Cal pay? Medi-Cal Fee for Service will pay the maximum that they are allowed to! Here’s information what Full Scope Medi Cal * or see what the HMO’s Evidence of Coverage say, and Denti -Cal Cover. Of course Medi Cal will deduct the payment amount, from your other health plan, if any. Medi-Cal will not pay higher charges of a provider’s bill when the provider has an agreement with the OHC carrier/plan to accept the carrier’s contracted rate as payment in full. See our webpage on negotiated rates. The Medi-Cal provider must submit an Explanation of Benefits or denial letter from the OHC along with the Medi-Cal claim. If Medi-Cal later discovers OHC, Medi-Cal will bill the OHC for the Medi-Cal services. If you have a Medi-Cal share of cost you must pay it before Medi-Cal will pay for your service. For Medi Cal HMO’s check out each one’s summary of benefits and EOC’s Explanation of Benefits. How do I find a provider that accepts Medi Cal? Sorry there isn’t a Fee For Service provider directory. Try calling Medi Cal @ 1-800-541-5555. You may need to call providers to see if they accept FFS Medi-cal. Email from Ombudsman 1.26.2021 * See the email we rec’d May 17th from Medi Cal to clarify some of these issues (HIPP) Health Insurance Premium Payment Program/Cost Avoidance The Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program is a voluntary program for qualified beneficiaries with full scope Medi-Cal coverage. HIPP approved Medi-Cal eligible beneficiaries shall receive services that are unavailable from third party coverage and offered by Medi-Cal. Learn More Can you have other insurance with Medi Cal?If you have private health insurance, you can still qualify for Medi-Cal. Members who already have insurance can add Medi-Cal coverage to their existing plan. Your provider will first bill your private insurance, and then Medi-Cal will pay for any additional services it covers.
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