计划更新
不良童年经历 (ACE) 意识
On March 4, DHCS and the Office of the California Surgeon General, in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN), released a new data report detailing the number of ACE screenings conducted for children and adults in California between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021. The report also tracks the number of clinical team members that completed the “Becoming ACEs Aware in California” online training between December 4, 2019, and September 30, 2021.
During that period, more than 20,600 individuals took the ACEs Aware training, and about 10,900 providers became ACEs Aware-certified. Based on Medi-Cal claims data from January 2020 to March 2021, Medi-Cal providers conducted approximately 640,700 ACE screenings for nearly 520,000 unique Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
In addition, the report provides demographic information about beneficiaries who have been screened for ACEs, summarizes the characteristics of individuals who have completed the ACEs Aware training, and provides a breakdown of ACE screening rates by Medi-Cal MCP. The report and accompanying fact sheet are available on the ACEs Aware website.
替代住宅模型 (ARM) 费率方法
年 12 月30日, 2021 ,DHCS 代表加利福尼亚州发展服务部 (DDS) 向联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心 (CMS) 提交了灾难救助 (DR) 州计划修正案 (SPA) 21-0031 ,要求由于州最低工资的提高而提高按照 ARM 费率方法获得报销的供应商的费率。 DR SPA 已于 3 月 2 日获得 CMS 批准,生效期为 1 月 1 日至 3 月31日2022 。 根据 1915(i) 州计划中的永久授权,此 SPA 的持续授权被纳入 SPA 21-0040 。
行为健康连续基础设施计划 (BHCIP) 更新
1 月 31 日,DHCS 与加州社会服务部 (CDSS) 合作发布了 BHCIP:第 3 轮启动准备和 CDSS 社区护理扩展计划联合申请请求 (RFA)。 符合 BHCIP 第三轮:启动准备资格的组织可以申请并获得资金支持,以在为 Medi-Cal 受益人服务的环境中建造、购买和修复房地产资产。 对于 BHCIP,仅接受那些已确定经过规划流程、准备实施且将扩展行为健康连续性的项目的申请。 DHCS 将为 BHCIP 第三轮:启动准备项目提供高达 5.185 亿美元的赠款资金,并且必须在 2024 年 6 月前拨付资金,并在 2026 年 12 月前清算。
BHCIP 第 3 轮:启动准备由两个申请部分组成,以平衡能够立即扩展的项目的需求与需要更多时间来开发其申请的申请人的需求。 这将为申请人提供两个潜在的提交截止日期。 第一部分未授予的任何剩余资金将提供给第二部分申请人。 所有第一部分申请的截止日期为 3 月 31 日,第二部分申请的截止日期为 5 月 31 日。
DHCS 于 3 月 16 日举办了 BHCIP 第四轮:儿童和青年听证会。 通过第四轮竞争性拨款,DHCS 将为以儿童和青少年为重点的行为健康基础设施项目拨款 4.805 亿美元。
DHCS 通过 2021 年立法获得授权,建立 BHCIP 并拨款 21 亿美元用于建设、收购和扩建房产并投资与行为健康相关的移动危机基础设施。CDSS 负责监督社区护理扩展计划,该计划是根据议会法案 (AB) 172 (2021 年法规第 20 章)作为一项配套工作而设立的,总额为 8.05 亿美元,重点是收购、建造和修复成人和老年人护理设施,这些设施为移民申请人和受助人以及其他正在经历或面临无家可归风险的成年人提供补充保障收入/州补充支付和现金援助计划。
欲了解更多信息,请访问BHCIP 项目网站或发送电子邮件至 BHCIP@dhcs.ca.gov 。
行为健康联邦补助金更新
2 月 28 日,DHCS 向 34 个行为健康司法干预服务 (BHJIS) 项目拨款 1400 万美元。 活动于 2022 年 2 月开始,并将于 2023 年 2 月结束。
此次融资机会面向公共、私人非营利组织和部落实体开放,允许他们申请最低 50,000 美元、最高 700,000 美元的资金。 资金将用于支持协作规划、雇用、培训或与行为健康临床医生和/或同行签订合同,以便在紧急响应期间嵌入执法人员、紧急医疗技术人员和其他第一响应者,或用于整合减少伤害、重返社会支持和转移策略。
BHJIS is funded by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, awarded by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and is administered by Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., which is assisting DHCS in overseeing and implementing BHJIS. For more information, please visit the BHJIS website or email BHJIS@ahpnet.com.
加州推进和创新 Medi-Cal (CalAIM) 更新
福利标准化
自1年2023月起,所有 MCP 都必须根据州和联邦法律的要求,在适当的 LTC 机构中授权和承保机构长期护理 (LTC) 服务。 目前,长期护理服务是县级组织卫生系统 (COHS) 和/或协调护理计划 (CCI) 中的一项全面管理的医疗福利。 在非 COHS 和非 CCI 县,MCP 负责入院月份和下个月。 这一转变将使加州各种医疗服务模式标准化并降低其复杂性。 跨县流动的人口在通过 MCP 接受服务时会有相同的体验。 将长期护理与 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗相结合,结合增强护理管理 (ECM) 和社区支持计划,以及在全州范围内将双重合格者纳入 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗,将为 MCP 提供激励措施和工具,使其能够在符合会员选择和需求的环境和提供者的帮助下提供全方位的长期护理以及家庭和社区服务。
DHCS 起草了受益人通知,其中包含有关过渡的信息,包括有关 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗、获取医疗服务、去哪里寻求帮助、如何选择 MCP 等信息。 DHCS 将于 2022 年 4 月发布受益人通知,供利益相关者审查。
此外,DHCS 正在与利益相关者合作讨论与受益人和提供者沟通、LTC 政策、网络充分性、护理连续性等有关的过渡的各个方面。 这些利益相关者会议将持续进行至2022年。
从 7 月1到2023起,DHCS 将为萨克拉门托和索拉诺县的 Kaiser Permanente 和 Partnership HealthPlan 提供专业心理健康 (SMH) 福利。 DHCS 将通知 MCP 和受益人,这些计划将不再在这些县提供 SMH 服务。 DHCS 将确保在从 MCP 过渡到县心理健康计划之前为受益人提供持续的护理保护。
社区支持
2 月 15 日,DHCS 收到了来自以前全人护理/健康之家计划县实施社区支持的 MCP 更新的护理模式 (MOC),包括拟议的网络和预计的服务能力。 所有其他县实施社区支持的 MCP 应于 4 月 15 日之前提交 MOC 更新报告的最后一个部分。 修订后的社区支持选举将于 4 月中旬在DHCS 网站上公布。 DHCS 将继续至少每半年更新一次社区支持选举,或者当 MCP 提出值得更新的重大变化时更新。 3 月 2 日,DHCS 发布了修订后的APL 21-017,其中包含有关社区支持的更多澄清信息。
DHCS 还将在 4 月 29 日之前寻求利益相关者对计费和发票指南以及MCP 与 ECM 提供商之间的会员级信息共享指南的反馈,包括确定数据标准化可能有益的其他领域。
应急管理(CM)计划
California is launching the nation’s first CM program in Medicaid for stimulant use disorder. Seven counties were approved to participate in phase one of the implementation, launching in July 2022. Twenty counties sent a letter of intent to participate in phase two, launching this fall. If all 27 counties participate as expected, more than 80 percent of Medi-Cal beneficiaries will live in counties with the CM pilot, which will run through March 2024. DHCS contracted with an independent evaluator to measure the success of the program. DHCS will begin orientation and training participating counties and providers soon. DHCS is actively recruiting a vendor to manage the incentive manager component of the program; applications from vendors were due on April 8. For more information, please visit the DHCS website.
强制性管理式医疗登记第二阶段
CalAIM 强制性管理式医疗登记将标准化登记流程,以帮助确保跨县流动的人口遵守相同的要求。 这将消除根据援助代码、人口或地理位置而产生的福利差异。 强制性管理式医疗登记分为两个阶段:第一阶段已于2022年 1 月1日完成,第二阶段将包括所有双重人口的过渡,并于1年 1 月2023日强制加入 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗。 这种转变并不包括承担成本或受限制范围的受益者。 长期护理援助代码(双重和非双重)中的个人也将被强制参加 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗。
DHCS 起草了受益人通知,其中包含有关过渡的信息,包括有关 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗、获取医疗服务、去哪里寻求帮助、如何选择 MCP 等信息。 DHCS 将于 2022 年 4 月发布受益人通知,供利益相关者审查。
为双重合格受益人过渡到全州协调护理方案
在 CalAIM 的领导下,DHCS 将把 Cal MediConnect (CMC) 和协调护理计划 (CCI) 转变为 MLTSS 和双重合格特殊需求计划 (D-SNP) 结构。 这项政策旨在帮助实现 CalAIM 和加州老龄化总体规划 (MPA) 下改善护理整合和以人为本的护理的全州目标。
CMC 计划将于 12 月31日、 2022进行转换。 从 1 月1日、 2023开始,CMC 成员将过渡到专门匹配登记 (EAE) 双重资格 D-SNP 和匹配的 Medi-Cal MCP。 根据 EAE,受益人可以加入 D-SNP 以获得 Medicare 福利,并加入 Medi-Cal MCP 以获得 Medi-Cal 福利,这两个计划均由同一母组织运营,以便更好地协调和整合护理。
这一转变将在 CCI 全部七个县发生:洛杉矶、奥兰治、河滨市、圣贝纳迪诺、圣地亚哥、圣马特奥和圣克拉拉。 这些县的现有 CMC 计划和所有 Medi-Cal MCP 必须在 2019 年 1 月1日2023实施 EAE D-SNPs,以支持这一过渡。
DHCS 起草了受益人通知,其中包含有关过渡的信息,包括有关 Medi-Cal 管理式医疗、获取医疗服务、去哪里寻求帮助、如何选择 MCP 等信息。 受益人通知正在进行受益人测试,预计将于 2022 年 5 月底完成。
此外,DHCS 还召开各种利益相关者会议,讨论与受益人沟通、受任何系统变化影响的技术援助、护理的连续性等有关的过渡的各个方面。
牙科转型计划 (DTI)
根据Medi-Cal 2020 豁免延期,DTI 于 12 月31日2021结束。 由于预计的支出并为了保持在联邦授权的资金限额内,DHCS 已推迟第 6 个计划年度 DTI 激励付款的发放,直至另行通知。 DTI计划第 5 年最终报告涵盖了 2020 年 1 月至 12 月的服务,已在DHCS 网站上发布。
发育障碍率研究模型
年 12 月13日, 2021 ,DHCS 代表 DDS 向 CMS 提交了 SPA 21-0040 ,以实施 2019 年费率研究模型。 根据福利和机构法典第 4519.8 条, 2019 年 3 月,DDS 向立法机关提交了一份费率研究,涉及针对发育障碍人士的社区服务的可持续性、质量和透明度。 SPA 规定对指定服务进行增量费率上调,并于 10 月27日、 2021公开公告 30 天。 CMS 于 3 月 1 日颁发了批准,并于 4 月 1 日生效。
DHCS 家庭和社区服务 (HCBS) 支出计划计划更新
辅助生活豁免 (ALW) 扩展
On January 7, CMS approved DHCS’ amendment to the ALW to add 7,000 slots to eliminate the current waitlist and expand waiver capacity. This amendment is retroactive to July 1, 2021. ALW providers are enrolling participants from the waitlist. DHCS will continue to work with stakeholders to ensure care coordination and transition as beneficiaries are enrolled in ALW.
The ALW is designed to assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries to remain in their communities as an alternative to long-term placement in a nursing facility. Adding 7,000 slots to ALW will help in the effort to eliminate the ALW waitlist while promoting the vision of the Master Plan for Aging. The proposed addition of 7,000 slots will enable DHCS to provide sufficient ALW capacity to enroll all waitlisted beneficiaries and to clear pending enrollments while still providing capacity for continued growth.
CalBridge 行为健康计划
自 2019 年 4 月以来,CalBridge 行为健康计划已报告了 94,574 次药物使用导航员接触,其中 32,204 次接触采用了药物辅助治疗 (MAT)。通过 HCBS,DHCS 与公共卫生研究所 (PHI) 签订了价值 4000 万美元的合同,以扩大该计划的覆盖范围和导航员的作用,以更好地解决精神健康状况以及物质使用障碍。为了分配资金,PHI 将于四月发布一份 RFA,以征求医院、卫生系统、医院基金会或医生团体的参与。
痴呆症意识和 SB 48 实施
As part of the HCBS Spending Plan, DHCS is developing the Dementia Aware initiative that will leverage $25 million in one-time enhanced federal funding to establish a statewide provider training program in culturally competent dementia care as well as develop a referral protocol on cognitive health and dementia.
Aligned with this initiative, Senate Bill (SB) 48 (Chapter 484, Statutes of 2021), establishes an annual cognitive health assessment as a Medi-Cal-covered benefit, available to Medi‑Cal‑only beneficiaries who are age 65 years or older and otherwise ineligible for a similar assessment under Medicare. SB 48 makes a Medi-Cal provider eligible to receive payment for this benefit only if the provider completes Cognitive Health Assessment (CHA) training as specified by DHCS. The target implementation date for this benefit, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, is July 1, 2022.
DHCS is executing a contract with UCSF to launch the Dementia Aware training and related activities. By July 1, DHCS, in partnership with UCSF and Dementia Aware’s Clinical Advisory Board, will develop a high-quality, evidence-based online training to educate providers on using the CHA and implementing it into their practices. The Clinical Advisory Board will be comprised of stakeholders from a variety of primary care practice types and settings, community-based organizations serving people living with dementia and their caregivers, and experts in dementia care from the University of California campuses, California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers, California Department of Public Health’s Alzheimer’s Disease Program, and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee of the California Health & Human Services Agency (CalHHS). UCSF will also create a toolkit for care planning once dementia is diagnosed and provide practice-support coaching to assist providers in effectively implementing the CHA and toolkit.
住房和无家可归者激励计划(HHIP)
3 月 30 日,DHCS 召开了第三次利益相关者会议,提供项目设计更新,包括根据 3 月份收到的征求反馈意见对绩效衡量进行改进。 所有有资格参与 HHIP 的 Medi-Cal MCP 均需在 4 月 4 日前向 DHCS 提交意向书。DHCS 正在努力完成计划报告模板,包括当地无家可归者计划 (LHP),制定资金分配,并在 4 月底前发布 APL。 参与的 MCP 必须在 6 月 30 日之前向 DHCS 提交他们的 LHP。 以往会议的材料和计划文件已在或将会在DHCS 网站上提供。 如对 HHIP 有疑问或意见,请发送电子邮件至 DHCSHHIP@dhcs.ca.gov 。
非居家支持服务 (IHSS) HCBS 护理经济支付
4 月份,DHCS 将发布信息请求 (RFI),以确定承包商协助 DHCS 确定符合条件的受助人并实施处理付款的系统。 确定合格的接收者和付款流程将很复杂,并且很可能会需要混合使用财政中介协助付款和 DHCS 直接付款,这是由于计划混合、正常计划付款机制(例如按服务收费 (FFS)、人头税)和提供者模式(在大多数情况下,提供者机构要求或接受雇用的直接护理人员所提供的服务的按人头付款)。 DHCS 正在与兄弟部门和利益相关者合作,努力寻找具有适当技能、经验和能力的承包商,以确定合格的受助人并实施处理付款的系统。 DHCS 计划在 6 月前确定并聘用承包商,并于 7 月开始工作。 奖励款项的处理将不迟于 2022 年 12 月开始。
This initiative, approved through California’s HCBS Spending Plan, will provide a one-time incentive payment of $500 to each current direct care, non-IHSS provider of Medi-Cal home and community-based services during the specific timeframe of at least two months between March 2020 and March 2021. This proposal will expand access to providers and could increase retention of current providers, covering 25,000 direct care HCBS providers in the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) waiver, Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) program , Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) waiver, ALW, HIV/AIDS waiver, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), and the California Community Transitions (CCT) program, and would focus on payment for retention, recognition, and workforce development. This effort can help alleviate financial strain and hardships suffered by California’s HCBS direct care workforce, which were worsened by the COVID-19 PHE. The PHE has exacerbated the direct care workforce shortage, driven by high turnover and limited opportunities for career advancement. This proposal, coupled with California’s other proposals, can lead to a more knowledgeable, better trained, and sufficiently staffed HCBS workforce to provide high-quality services
全州 HCBS 差距分析和多年路线图 RFI 发布
On March 14, DHCS released a RFI soliciting information from interested parties to assist DHCS in launching a major project to conduct a statewide Gap Analysis and Multiyear Roadmap of California’s HCBS and Managed Medi-Cal Long-Term Supports and Services (MLTSS) programs and networks.
DHCS is seeking a contractor suited to meet the goals of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Supplemental Funding – Gap Analysis and Multiyear Roadmap. DHCS will make a determination based on the contractor’s capacity and expertise needed to conduct such a large-scale analysis of California’s HCBS and MLTSS programs’ participants, services, providers, and systems of care. Proposals from interested parties were due by April 8. DHCS will make the contract award in June, with the contractor beginning work in July. Submission of the gap analysis will occur by September 30, 2023, and the multiyear roadmap will be submitted by March 31, 2024. DHCS will present final deliverables to stakeholders and legislators by June 30, 2024.
这项工作包括为 LTSS 数据透明度计划( HCBS 支出计划的一部分)提供措施建议。 该计划将启动一个 LTSS 数据仪表板,汇集长期护理机构和聚集环境、家庭和社区服务、家庭支持和服务以及针对有发育障碍的个人的服务的利用率、质量和成本数据。 鉴于 MFP 补充资金和 LTSS 数据透明度计划之间的一致目标,DHCS 在 MFP 差距分析和多年路线图 RFI 中包含了一份可交付成果,要求供应商在 1 月2之前提供、 2023 、建议和
Medi-Cal 健康登记导航项目
由于 COVID-19 对社区健康的影响,健康注册导航员服务比以往任何时候都更加重要。根据 AB 74(2019 年法规第 23 章),向 DHCS 拨款 5970 万美元,用于与各县和社区组织(CBOs)合作,为难以接触到的 Medi-Cal 和可能符合 Medi-Cal 资格的人群开展 Medi-Cal 外联、注册、保留和导航服务。项目合作伙伴采用了创新和创造性的方法来联系当地社区中符合条件的人群并为其注册,在地方一级提供疫苗信息和外联活动,并让各级大学生参与其中。该项目现阶段允许社区组织和各县为所有参与者开展新的活动或扩大现有活动,并继续调整其外联和注册方法,以克服 COVID-19 带来的挑战。截至 2022 年 3 月,已有 7 个合作伙伴申请并获得了额外资金。有关该项目的信息和更新可在 DHCS 网站上查阅。
Medi-Cal Rx 实施更新
随着 Medi-Cal 药房福利向单一交付系统转变,出现了重大的实施挑战,例如呼叫中心等待时间长以及处理事先授权的延迟。 2 月初,DHCS 和 Magellan(Medi-Cal Rx 承包商)实施了事先授权临时缓解策略和积极的人员配备计划,目的是加快事先授权请求的周转时间并减少 Magellan 管理的呼叫中心的呼叫量。 DHCS 还将其州呼叫中心上线以协助接听电话,并指定州工作人员协助进行事先授权处理。 这些策略已使处理水平显著提高。
DHCS 还确保服务提供商及时了解最新情况,并通过电子邮件群发、服务提供商新闻快讯、 DHCS和Medi-Cal Rx网站信息以及直接服务提供商宣传等方式向他们传达相关信息。 这些举措旨在确保 Medi-Cal 会员在需要时能够获得所需的处方药。 如对 Medi-Cal Rx 有疑问或意见,请发送电子邮件至 RxCarveOut@dhcs.ca.gov 。
微笑,加州 Medi-Cal 牙科服务运动
In March, Smile, California launched the Molar Sealant March promotion to educate parents and caregivers about molar sealants, remind them that sealants are a covered benefit for children, and motivate them to make an appointment with their children’s dentist to have sealants applied. Molar sealant landing pages were created on both SmileCalifornia.org and SonrieCalifornia.org to offer educational resources and videos. Weekly social media posts ran on the Smile, California Facebook and Instagram pages, which featured questions and answers about molar sealants and directed users to learn more and find a dentist on SmileCalifornia.org.
On March 10 and 11, Smile, California hosted two Facebook Live events for Medi-Cal members, one in English and one in Spanish. Presenters provided an overview of Medi-Cal Dental benefits, answered Medi-Cal member questions about their dental benefits, and reviewed frequently asked questions.
At the end of February, SmileCalifornia.org and SonrieCalifornia.org had 63,132 new visitors, of which 46,032 clicked the “Find a Dentist” button.
HCBA 豁免和 HIV/AIDS Medi-Cal 豁免计划 (MCWP) 的临时延长
On December 22, CMS approved DHCS’ request to extend the current terms of the HCBA and MCWP waivers for 90 days. Both waiver terms were scheduled to expire on December 31, 2021, and the initial temporary extension allowed the waivers to continue through March 31, 2022. Because CMS did not complete their review of the waiver renewal applications by March 31, 2022, DHCS submitted a new request to extend the term of the waivers for an additional 90 days, through June 30, 2022. Additionally, the renewal application proposes to change the name of the HIV/AIDS MCWP to MCWP in order to respect the privacy and confidentiality of waiver participants.
The extension provides CMS with additional time to review the HCBA waiver and MCWP renewal applications, and allows the state time to respond to CMS’ questions and submit a revised waiver renewal application.