Federal Approval Of California Medicaid State Plan Amendment No. 13-038 To Expand The Drug Medi-Cal Program

In this document dated October 7, 2014, the California Department of Health Care Services informed stakeholders that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) submitted by the State of California to make changes to Medicaid-funded addiction treatment. The SPA expands addiction treatment services to all Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and removes a limit on counseling in narcotic treatment settings . . .