California 1115 Medicaid Waiver Renewal Features Shared Savings & Global Payment For Uninsured

On March 27, 2015, the California Department of Health Care Services (DCHS) submitted a request to the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) for a five-year renewal of the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, Bridge to Reform, which expires in October 2015. The renewal waiver, called Medi-Cal 2020, seeks $15 to $20 billion in federal funding to expand and restructure the waiver program.

The Medi-Cal 2020 waiver has five core goals: improve Medi-Cal health care quality and outcomes; strengthen primary care delivery and access; build an integrated health care . . .