California Department of Healthcare Services

All Programs and Services

List of related programs and services that can help you find assistance, health care services for low-income individuals and families, for the elderly, personal care, specific diseases and children with special medical needs. 

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• Access for Infants and Mothers
  Low-cost health coverage for pregnant women.
• American Indian Infant Health Initiative
  Provide extensive home visiting/case management services to high-risk Indian families.
• Assisted Living Waiver (ALW)
  The ALW is the Medi-Cal program that pays for specific Assisted Living benefits provided to eligible beneficiaries residing in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Los Angeles, and in mid 2010, Sonoma, Fresno, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
  California provides free cancer screening for breast and cervical.
• CalMEND
  California Mental Health Care Management Program.
• Cancer Screening and Detection Program
  Free cancer screening for some types of cancer.
• California Children’s Services
  Treatment for children with chronic/life threatening health conditions/diseases. 
• Child Health and Disability Prevention
  Preventive health program for low-income children and youth.
• Children's Medical Services
  Provides a comprehensive system of health care for children through preventive screening, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up services.
• Community-Living Support Benefit Waiver Pilot Project (AB 2968)
  Requires DHCS to provide a new Medi-Cal community-living support benefit to increase access to needed health-related and psychosocial services for persons residing in the City or County of San Francisco.
• Coordinated Care Management
  Coordinated Care Management is for eligible Medi-Cal Seniors and Persons with Disabilities; identifies high risk and expensive chronic conditions and provides care management, education, support, and assistance finding and accessing health resources.
• Denti-Cal
  Dental Services are currently provided as one of the many benefits under the Medi-Cal program.  The beneficiary services department within the Medi-Cal Dental Program offers a variety of Services for program beneficiaries.
• Drug Medi-Cal Overview 
  This website provides counties and direct providers with important information about the requirements of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Section 51341.1 and the standards applicable to substance abuse treatment reimbursable through DMC.
• Home and Community-Based Services for the Developmentally Disabled
  The Home and Community-Based Services for the Developmentally Disabled (HCBS-DD) Waiver authorizes home and community-based services for developmentally disabled persons who are Regional Center consumers.
• Estate Recovery
  Recovers Medi-Cal expenditures from the estates of certain deceased Medi-Cal beneficiaries for services received on or after the individual’s 55th birthday.
• Fair Hearing
  Complaints about how benefits/services are/were handled, or if services have been denied or modified.
• Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment
  Comprehensive family planning services to eligible low income men and women. 
• Genetically Handicapped Persons Program
  Treatment for specific genetic diseases.  
• Gynecologic Cancer Information Program
  The Gynecologic Cancer Information Program (GCIP) was established in statute (California Health and Safety Code 138.4) within the Office of Women's Health to increase awareness and education regarding gynecologic cancers.

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• Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care
  Provides public health nurse expertise in meeting the medical, dental, mental and developmental needs of children and youth in foster care.
• Health Insurance Premium Payment
  Health Insurance Premium Payment Program is a program that pays private health insurance premiums for certain high cost Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
• Health-e-App (Provider Information only)
• Healthy Families
  Low cost insurance for children and teens. It provides health, dental and vision coverage to children who do not have insurance and do not qualify for free Medi-Cal.  
• Healthy Kids
  Healthy Kids is a low-cost health care program available in many counties for children who are not eligible for full Medi-Cal or Health Families.
• High Risk Infant Follow-Up
  Limited diagnostic services for children up to three years of age.
• Hospital Quality Assurance Fee - This link has been removed. This information can be located in the Providers & Partners tab, in Resouces, under Hospitals and Clincs.
• In Home Operations
  In-Home Operations (IHO) is a section oversees the development and implementation of home- and community-based programs under Medi-Cal.
• IHSS Plus Waiver
  Personal care and domestic services to persons who are aged, blind or disabled and who live in their own homes.
• Indian Health Program
  Improve the health status of American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in urban, rural, and reservation/rancheria communities throughout California.
• Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled-Continuous Nursing (ICF/DD-CN) (Pilot Project)
  The waiver requires the Department to commit to maintaining access to care, provision of quality services, adhering to cost effectiveness, and open access to emergency services for the target population eligible for services under the waiver.
• Legislative and Governmental Affairs
  This Office facilitates, coordinates and advocates for the development of legislation in the interest of public health. 
• Long-Term Care
  Increases the number of middle-income Californians who have quality long-term care insurance that prevents or delays their dependence on Medi-Cal.
• Medi-Cal (Indivduals and Families) 
  This is a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals and families.
• Medi-Cal Eligibility Division
  The Medi-Cal Eligibility Division (MCED) is responsible for the coordination, clarification, and implementation of Medi-Cal regulations, policy, and procedures to assure that Medi-Cal eligibility is determined accurately and on a timely basis by the 58 county public social services agencies.

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• Medi-Cal Managed Care
  Contracts for health care services through established networks of organized systems of care, which emphasize primary and preventive care.   
• Medi-Cal Waivers
  Medi-Cal Waivers are programs that demonstrate and evaluate new health care delivery systems.  These programs focus on reducing costs and providing services in a community based setting. 
• Medical Therapy
  Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physical Therapy (PT) for children with eligible conditions.
• Mental Health  
• Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) Waiver
  The MSSP waiver is targeted to those medically fragile individuals over the age of sixty-five and is administered through  MSSP sites throughout the state, under the California Department of Aging.
• Newborn Hearing Screening
  Helps identify hearing loss in infants and guide families to the appropriate services needed to develop communication skills.
• Newborn Screening
  Testing for specific genetic disorders.
• Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine
  Strives to promote collaboration and understanding between public health authorities and health care providers.
• Office of Family Planning
  Comprehensive family planning services to eligible low income men and women. 
• Office of Health Information Technology

  Medi-Cal Electronic Health Record Incentive Program.

•  Office of Public Affairs
  The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for the overall communications and outreach activities.
• Office of Women's Health
  Improving the status of women's health.
• Overpayments
  The primary function of the Overpayments Unit is to recover funds due the Medi-Cal program
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
  The PACE model of care provides a comprehensive medical/social service delivery system using an interdisciplinary team approach that provides and coordinates all needed preventive, primary, acute and long term care services
• Personal Injury
  The Personal Injury Unit is responsible for the recovery of Medi-Cal expenditures in personal injury actions involving Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
• Pharmacy Benefits and Vision Care Services
  Medi-Cal Pharmacy Benefits include Fee-For-Service Drug Program, Drug Rebate Program, Enteral and Medical Supplies Contracting, Drug Contracting, and Vision Care. 
• Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women
  Allows Qualified Providers to grant immediate, temporary Medi-Cal coverage for ambulatory prenatal care and prescription drugs for conditions related to pregnancy to low-income, pregnant patients, pending their formal Medi-Cal application.
• Primary and Rural Health Care
  Improve the health status of special, targeted population groups living in medically underserved urban and rural areas of California.
• Senior Care Action Network (SCAN)
  SCAN Health Plan is a Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan that provides all services in the Medi-Cal State Plan.  Participants must be 65 years or older, Medi-Cal and Medicare eligible and reside in the SCAN service area.
• Subacute Care Program
  Specific reimbursement rates have been developed for providers of subacute care who have been licensed and certified by the CA Department of Public Health’s Licensing and Certification program.
• Veterans Benefits Enhancement Project
  The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Veterans Benefit Enhancement (VBE) project helps veterans who are receiving Medi-Cal Services obtain veteran benefits they are entitled to.
• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
  Nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well and stay healthy.
• Workers Compensation Recovery Program
  Responsible for identifying and recovering Medi-Cal expenditures made on behalf of beneficiaries whose injuries are covered by Workers Compensation liability.
• Working Disabled Program
  Allows certain individuals to become eligible for Medi-Cal by paying low monthly premiums based on countable income.