Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 55180 - Indian Health Service Facilities and the Health Care Options Program
(a) In geographic
areas served by a Geographic Managed Care program, the two-plan model, or where
the health care options program is operating, Indian Health Service Facilities
shall be listed as an option in the presentation and informing materials used
to advise beneficiaries of their options for receiving Medi-Cal benefits.
Indians and non-Indians currently receiving services from an Indian Health
Service Facility in such an area may, as an alternative to enrollment in a
Medi-Cal managed care plan, and upon request, choose to receive health care
services through the Indian Health Service Facility. Such a request shall be
made to the health care options program.
(b) In areas covered by subsection (a), if
the Indian Health Service Facility provides the department with current
information on Indian Medi-Cal beneficiaries and non-Indian Medi-Cal
beneficiaries who are currently receiving services from the facility in the
form agreed to between the department and the Indian Health Service Facility,
the following shall apply:
(1) If an Indian
Medi-Cal beneficiary, who is identified by the Indian Health Service Facility
as currently receiving services from the facility, does not make a choice of
options, that beneficiary shall not be assigned to a Medi-Cal managed care
plan, but shall remain in the fee-for-service Medi-Cal program to allow the
beneficiary to continue to receive care from the Indian Health Service
Facility. This requirement shall apply whether or not the Indian Health Service
Facility has subcontracted with a Medi-Cal managed care plan, but shall not
apply if the Indian Health Service Facility is a fee-for-service managed care
plan.
(2) Non-Indian Medi-Cal
beneficiaries may be identified by the Indian Health Service Facility as
currently receiving services from the facility. Such beneficiaries who do not
make a choice of options shall not be assigned to a Medi-Cal managed care plan,
but shall remain in the fee-for-service Medi-Cal program to allow those
beneficiaries to continue to receive care from the Indian Health Service
Facility. This requirement shall apply whether or not the Indian Health Service
Facility has subcontracted with a Medi-Cal managed care plan, but shall not
apply if the Indian Health Service Facility is a fee-for-service managed care
plan.
(3) If the Indian Health
Service Facility is a fee-for-service managed care plan, beneficiaries
identified in subdivisions (1) and (2) who fail to make a choice shall be
assigned to the Indian Health Service Facility's fee-for-service managed care
plan.
Notes
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 4-9-98 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 98, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Stats. 1992, Ch. 722; Sections 10725, 14089.7, 14105, 14124.5, 14203 and 14312, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14000, 14016.5, 14087.3, 14087.305, 14087.4, 14089, 14089.05 and 14200, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Title 25, United States Code, Sections 13 and 1601.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 4-9-98 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 98, No. 15).
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