Health plans are required to conduct annual surveys of their provider networks to ensure compliance with the state’s timely ...

On April 22, the HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a long-awaited final rule regulating the use of managed care in Medicaid and CHIP. The official Federal Register version ...

Children on Medi-Cal, California’s insurance program for its poorest residents, might wait months for urgent psychiatric care, according to an audit released last week. The California State Auditor’s ...

Kaiser Permanente’s insurer arm has agreed to a $200 million settlement over “deficiencies in the plan’s delivery and oversight of behavioral healthcare” to its members, the California Department of ...

Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health Care. Under ...

Managed care began as a whisper in the original Medicaid statute, but over nearly six decades has evolved into a core feature of most state programs. In 2020, managed care accounted for 84 percent of ...

California officials announced Tuesday that they had reached settlements totaling $55 million with L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan serving Medi-Cal patients in Los Angeles County. L.A. Care ...

Zingale served as founding director of California’s Department of Managed Health Care from 2000 to 2003. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed ...