SFMS/CMA and DHCS to Present Complimentary December Webinar About "Coordinated Care" Initiative December 10, 2012 CMA, Physician Resource, SFMS Member Events Coordinated Care Initiative, dual eligibles, SFMS/CMA webinar 0 The California Department of Health Services (DHCS) and the SFMS/CMA are sponsoring a free webinar on the state’s new Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) for dual eligibles—Californians eligible for both Medi-Cal and Medicare. The webinar takes place on December 19, 2012, from 12:15pm to 1:15 pm and is free for all physicians. The Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) was authorized by the Assembly in July 2012 in an effort to save money and better coordinate care for the state’s low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. The program begins with a three-year demonstration project that would see more than 75% of California’s dual eligible beneficiaries transition to managed care plans. Although the project is still pending federal approval, DHCS plans to begin passively enrolling dual eligible patients residing in eight of California's largest counties beginning in 2013. Under the pilot program, patients will be enrolled in a managed care plan unless they actively opt out. SFMS/CMA remains concerned over the breadth of this so-called pilot project and has urged CMS to require the state to scale it back. Any transition that involves 75% of all dual eligibles cannot be considered a pilot. In October, the CMA’s annual House of Delegates authored a resolution that calls on CMA to collect data from its membership regarding difficulties with the duals transition and, if difficulties are found to be widespread, report them to DHCS, the California Department of Managed Health Care and CMS. Click here to register for the December 19 free webinar. Comments are closed.
