Medi-Cal County Inmate Program
The Medi-Cal County Inmate Program is a new program to allow counties or providers to draw down federal Medicaid funding for inmates who are treated for more than 24 hours at medical facilities that are offsite or separate from county jails.
Materials related to the Medi-Cal County Inmate Program will be
made available here:
–
Slides from DHCS Webinar (11/14/16)
–
AB 1628 (Chapter 729, Statutes of 2010)
Other Resources:
– DHCS Medi-Cal
State Inmate Program and Medi-Cal County Inmate Program
Website
– CHEAC
Medi-Cal Inmate Claiming Program Website
- Department
of Health & Human Services: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Federal Policy Guidelines
Additional requests for information, including to join the DHCS listserv for future updates on the Medi-Cal County Inmate Program, can be sent directly to DHCSIMCU@dhcs.ca.gov.
