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The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal or MediCal) is the California implementation of the federal Medicaid program serving low-income individuals, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level.
Consumer protection in California began with the passage of the Medical Practice Act of 1876. The Act was designed to regulate the State's medical professionals, who up to that point had operated virtually unchecked. However, an actual government agency with the legal authority to enforce the Act was not created until 1878.
The Division of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse (DMFEA) protects California's most vulnerable citizens and helps to safeguard the state's Medi-Cal program. The Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse works aggressively to investigate and prosecute those who rob taxpayers of millions of dollars each year and divert scarce health care resources ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest, low-income Californians who enrolled in Medi-Cal — California's version of the government-funded Medicaid health insurance program — have been ...
California's Prescription Drug Discount Program for Medicare Recipients. If you’re a California resident, present your Medicare card at a Medi-Cal provider pharmacy and you'll get the Medi-Cal ...
With 13 million children and adults enrolled, Denti-Cal is the largest state-sponsored dental insurance program; Private contractor that administers Denti-Cal is Delta Dental. In 2016, the State of California awarded Delta Dental a new contract to provide administrative services for the Denti-Cal program, continuing the 42-year relationship [7]
In 2013, the Healthy Families Program was folded into Medi-Cal as part of the Affordable Care Act. 2005-2016 Healthy Kids. Partnership HealthPlan also offered a health insurance product called Healthy Kids to low income children not otherwise eligible for Medi-Cal. [ 8 ] In 2016, the Healthy Kids Program was folded into Medi-Cal under ...
The Medical Board of California (MBC) is a state government agency which licenses and disciplines physicians, surgeons and certain allied healthcare professionals in California. The Board provides two principal types of services to consumers: (1) public-record information about California-licensed physicians, and (2) investigation of complaints ...