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MMCD Policy Letters - 1998 to Current

Note: Policy Letters were not issued in 2004, 2005 or 2006

 2008  2007  2003  2002  2001  2000  1999  1998

2008 - Policy Letters
 Letter Number Title (Subject of Letter) Date of Issue
08-002 Payment of Invoices Beyond the Six-Month Billing Limit 04/16/2008
08-003 Initial Comprehensive Health Assessment 05/05/2008

 2007 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue

07-006

Therapeutic Enteral Formulas for Medical Conditions in Infants and Children (Note: revised 11/06/07 - see PL 07-016)

 04/02/2007

07-016

Therapeutic Enteral Formulas for Medical Conditions in Infants and Children (revised) MMCD Policy Letter 07-006 dated April 2, 2007

 11/06/2007
07-018 Senate Bill (SB) 94 - Family Planning Services 12/21/2007

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2003 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
03-001 Quality and Performance Improvement Program 06/05/2003
03-002 Certification of Managed Care Plan Staff Responsible for the Conduct of Primary Care Provider Site Reviews 06/23/2003

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2002 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
02-001 Blood Lead Screening of Young Children 02/22/2002
02-002 Site Review 03/16/2002
02-003 Credentialing & Re-Credentialing:  Time Line Change, New Primary Source Verification Requirements and Verification of Credentials of Non-Physician Practitioners 05/16/2002
02-004 Health Education 06/21/2002

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2001 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
01-001 Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Standardized Format 02/13/2001
01-002 Conversion of MESH to the Medi-Cal Web Site 11/09/2001
01-002Rev Errata of MMCD Policy Letter 01-01 Dated October 30, 2001 11/09/2001

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2000 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
00-001 Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Responsibilities Under the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Consolidation Program 03/16/2000
00-001 Rev Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Responsibilities Under the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Consolidation Program 03/16/2000
00-002 Health Plan Provider Directory Policy, Guidelines and Delivery Standards 04/13/2000
00-003 Change of Children in Percent of Poverty Aid Categories to Mandatory Enrollment for Medi-Cal Managed Care 07/05/2000
00-004 Plan-Paid Advertising Extended Until January 31, 2001 09/25/2000
00-005 Dental Services—Anesthesia Coverage 09/30/2000
00-006 Managed Care Relationships with Local Education Agency Providers 12/11/2000

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1999 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
99-001 Community Advisory Committee (CAC) 04/02/1999
99-002 Health Education and Cultural and Linguistic Group Needs Assessment 04/02/1999
99-003 Cultural and Linguistics 04/02/1999
99-004 Translation of Written Informing Materials 04/02/1999
99-005 Addendum to MMCD Policy Letter 98-03-Conversion to New Eligibility Reporting System 05/07/1999
99-006 Date for Conversion to Fiscal Intermediary Access to Medi-Cal Eligibility Data 08/20/1999
99-007 Individual Health Education Behavioral Assessment 09/21/1999
99-008 Abortion Services 10/20/1999

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1998 - Policy Letters
Letter Number Title (Subject) of Letter Date of Issue
98-001 Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Act of 1997 01/16/1998
98-002 Certificates of Creditable Coverage Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 01/27/1998
98-003 Conversion to New Eligibility Reporting System. 02/20/1998
98-004 Enrollment Forms is Primary Care Provider Offices and Enrollment Packet Material Distribution 02/20/1998
98-005 Enrollment of Medi-Cal/ Medicare Dual Eligibles and Medi-Cal Beneficiaries with Commercial Health Maintenance Coverage 02/20/1998
98-006 Newborn and Prenatal Genetic Screening Services 03/20/1998
98-007 Refugee Health Care 04/17/1998
98-008 Fee-For-Service Reimbursement Rate Assistance 04/27/1998
98-009 Facilities Excluded from the Medi-Cal Program 12/10/1998
98-010 Breastfeeding Promotion 12/10/1998
98-011 Family Planning Services in Medi-Cal Managed Care 12/28/1998
98-012 Primary Care Physician Selection and Assignment Policy 12/30/1998

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