{"id":9,"date":"2021-07-09T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualconnect.kaiserpermanente.org\/medical-redetermination\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:36:47","slug":"kaiser-permanente-northern-california-community-leader-briefing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/virtualconnect.kaiserpermanente.org\/medical-redetermination\/","title":{"rendered":"California Community Leader Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Policy Briefing<\/h2>\n

Medi-Cal Redetermination: Trends and Opportunities<\/h1>\n

Recorded Wednesday, February 7, 2024<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text]Watch recorded program<\/span><\/a> About<\/span><\/a> Speakers<\/span><\/a> Program<\/span><\/a> Resources<\/span><\/a> [\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”next-arrow”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”next-arrow”]\"down<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_id=”about”][vc_column]
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Join us for a California Policy Briefing on Medi-Cal Redetermination: Trends and Opportunities<\/h2>\n

Recorded Wednesday, February 7, 2024<\/h4>\n

Annual eligibility review resumed this year for the 15 million Californians who receive their health care coverage from Medi-Cal. This includes half the state\u2019s children. Get the latest on how Kaiser Permanente and community advocates are helping keep Californians covered, and the initial impact of the \u201cgreat unwinding\u201d on the state\u2019s most vulnerable residents.[\/vc_column_text]Watch recorded program<\/span><\/a>

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Meet the Speakers<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”speakers-all”][vc_column_inner]
\"Yvette<\/a><\/div>

Yvette Radford<\/a><\/h4>
Vice President, External and Community Affairs, Kaiser Permanente<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Mayra E. Alvarez<\/a><\/h4>
President, The Children's Partnership<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John<\/a><\/div>

John Szczech<\/a><\/h4>
Director, Medicaid Program Management and Strategy Execution, Kaiser Permanente<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jean<\/a><\/div>

Jean Nudelman<\/a><\/h4>
Senior Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_id=”program”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

California Policy Briefing
\nMedi-Cal Redetermination: Trends and Opportunities
\nRecorded Wednesday, February 7, 2024<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text]
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Watch recorded program<\/span><\/a><\/div> [\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”top”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text]\n

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Welcome<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

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Yvette Radford<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

Vice President, External and Community Affairs, Kaiser Permanente Northern California<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

Discussion<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

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Mayra E. Alvarez<\/span><\/a>
\nExecutive Director, The Children\u2019s Partnership\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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John Szczech<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n
\n
Director of Medicaid Program Management and Strategy Execution, Kaiser Permanente<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

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Jean Nudelman<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Senior Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente<\/span><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

Wrap up<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

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Jean Nudelman<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n
Senior Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente<\/span><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_id=”resources” el_class=”bg-pale-blue”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]
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Kaiser Permanente Renewal Resources<\/h4>\n

Medicaid renewal guide<\/a> or call our Medicaid Assistance Center:
\n1-800-557-4515 (TTY 711) or
\nEspa\u00f1ol: 1-\u00ad800-545-7263 (TTY 711)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

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State (DHCS) Resources<\/h4>\n

KeepMedicalcoverage.org<\/a> provides updated information in English, Spanish, and 18 additional languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Application Navigators can help individuals with renewal paperwork. Find Navigators near you<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Medi-Cal Continuous Coverage Unwinding Toolkit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

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Resources Produced by Community Partners<\/h4>\n

ALL IN to Keep Kids Covered <\/a>a multilingual toolkit from The Children\u2019s Partnership\u00a0 focused on keeping children covered<\/span><\/p>\n

Impact of Gaps in Medi-Cal Coverage<\/a>: Family Focus Group Findings<\/span><\/p>\n

The Latino Coalition for a Healthy California created a toolkit<\/a> with social media templates, videos, and fact sheets.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”8px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]\n

Fast Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”48px”][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text el_class=”fast-facts”]\n

More than 928,000
\npeople had their Medi-Cal terminated<\/h4>\n

between June and October, according to state data.<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text el_class=”fast-facts”]\n

Close to 90% lost
\nMedi-Cal coverage because of so-called \u201cprocedural reasons,\u201d<\/h4>\n

often meaning problems with paperwork.<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text el_class=”fast-facts”]\n

California has
\nthe fourth worst rate of terminations<\/h4>\n

linked to procedural issues in the nation.<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text el_class=”fast-facts”]\n

15% were kicked off for paperwork problems<\/h4>\n

2% no longer qualified and 35% are still under review<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”0px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

Californians surprised by loss of Medi-Cal health insurance – CalMatters<\/a><\/h4>\n

The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for \u201cprocedural reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medi-Cal and the End of the Federal Continuous Coverage Requirement\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

This collection highlights recommendations and tools to help the state and key partners navigate the unwinding period while minimizing disruptions to Californians\u2019 access to care and coverage.<\/p>\n

Source: California Health Care Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

Medi-Cal-COVID-19-PHE-Unwinding-Plan.pdf<\/a><\/h4>\n

A comprehensive view of the plan to unwind the flexibilities implemented over the course of the public health emergency, including programmatic changes in many of Medi-Cal\u2019s delivery systems (Part I), and the resumption of normal Medi-Cal eligibility operations (Part II).<\/p>\n

Source: KFF Health News<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

Medicaid Enrollment and Spending Growth Amid the Unwinding of the Continuous<\/a><\/h4>\n

As state Medicaid agencies continue to unwind pandemic-related continuous enrollment protections, states expect national Medicaid enrollment will decline by 8.6% in state fiscal year 2024. Get the latest data here.<\/p>\n

Source: California Department of Health Care Services<\/p>\n

Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker<\/a><\/h4>\n

This tracker presents the most recent data on monthly Medicaid disenrollments, renewals, overall enrollment and other key indicators reported by states during the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision.<\/p>\n

Source: KFF Health News<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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