Legislation


Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code §§ 14184 through 14184.90: Medi-Cal 2020 Demonstration Project Act – California

Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2016
Year Amended: 2017
File: Download

California’s “Medi-Cal 2020” Medicaid demonstration project, No. 11-W-00193/9, focuses on expanded health care system capacity, better coordinated care, and aligned incentives within the Medi-Cal program in order to improve health outcomes for Medi-Cal beneficiaries, while simultaneously containing health care costs. As a component of the “Medi-Cal 2020” demonstration project, the Global Payment Program provides an opportunity to test an alternative payment model for the remaining uninsured that rewards value and supports providing care at the appropriate place and time, aligning incentives to enhance primary and preventive services for California’s remaining uninsured seeking care in participating public health care systems. The Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program seeks to improve health outcomes for patients served by participating entities by building on the delivery system transformation work from the “Bridge to Reform” demonstration project. Using evidence-based quality improvement methods, the PRIME program is intended to be ambitious in scope in order to accelerate transformation in care delivery and maximize value for patients, providers, and payers. The PRIME program also seeks to strengthen the ability of designated public hospitals to successfully perform under risk-based alternative payment models (APMs) in the long term. The implementation of the “Medi-Cal 2020” demonstration project, as set forth in this article, will support transitioning from a cost-based reimbursement system toward a reimbursement structure that incentivizes quality and value by financially rewarding alternative models of care that support providers’ ability to deliver care in the most appropriate and cost-effective manner to patients.

The fee-for-service payment methodologies established and implemented under Section 14166.4 shall continue to apply with respect to designated public hospitals approved under the Medi-Cal State Plan. The department shall continue to make inpatient hospital payments for services that were historically excluded from a hospital’s contract under the Selective Provider Contracting Program established under Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081) in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Medi-Cal State Plan. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall continue to make all eligibility determinations and perform all payment adjustment amount computations under the disproportionate share hospital payment adjustment program pursuant to Section 14105.98 and pursuant to the disproportionate share hospital provisions of the Medi-Cal State Plan.


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