Medi-Cal to Delay Provider Payments in June June 3, 2014 Medi Cal, Payment California Department of Health Care Services, checkwrite, Medi-Cal provider payment 0 The California Department of Health Care Services announced it would delay payments for two weeks in June so that those claims are paid out of the 2014-2015 fiscal year budget. This “checkwrite” delay will impact providers as outlined below. Fee-for-service provider payments Payments to providers who render services through Medi-Cal funded programs that are scheduled for the June 19, 2014, checkwrite will be deferred to July 3, 2014. Programs impacted include: Medi-Cal (which includes Family PACT) Child Health and Disability Prevention Abortion Fee-for-service provider payments (including state-only programs) Payments to providers who render services through Medi-Cal and state-funded programs that are scheduled for the June 26, 2014, checkwrite will be deferred to July 3, 2014. Programs impacted include: Medi-Cal (which includes Family PACT) Child Health and Disability Prevention Abortion Healthy Families California Children’s Services (CCS-state only, CCS-Healthy Families, CCS-Medi-Cal) Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP-state only, GHPP-Medi-Cal) Payments to the Every Woman Counts program are excluded from all June checkwrite holds. Click here to view the announcement from California Department of Health Care Services. Comments are closed.