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It's one reason he's proposed for backing out of the deal to pay doctors more for treating Medicaid patients, saying the money is better spent to make sure California doesn't have to cut benefits ...
The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid, which covers roughly a third of California's 39 million residents. Just five months later, Morgan said, he had to stop treating Medicaid ...
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.
Molina Healthcare was founded in 1980 by C. David Molina, an emergency room physician in Long Beach, California. [4] He had seen an influx of patients using the emergency room for common illnesses such as a sore throat or the flu because they were being turned away by doctors who would not accept Medi-Cal.
According to data reported by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in 2017, 45% of non-elderly adults do not have medical insurance because of cost. [2] Those who are "medically indigent earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to purchase either health insurance or health care."
A nearly 3% Medicare payment cut for physicians is set to take effect in 2025, raising concerns about the potential impact on patient care, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The Centers ...
In the past, California has used that kind of surplus to balance its budget. But this time the state has vowed to use part of it to pay doctors more for treating Medicaid patients. How much, and who will get it, will be fully decided this year. The first increases last year went to primary care doctors, maternity care and some mental health ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two things: Help balance a budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall, and pay doctors more money to treat patients covered by Medicaid — the taxpayer-funded health insurance program for people with low incomes that now covers one out of every three people in the state.