Report 2020-613 Recommendation 6 Responses
Report 2020-613: Department of Health Care Services: Despite the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Department Can Do More to Address Chronic Medi‑Cal Eligibility Problems (Release Date: July 2021)
Recommendation #6 To: Health Care Services, Department of
To ensure that it is addressing weaknesses in the counties' processes for making eligibility redeterminations, Health Care Services should resume county monitoring via focus reviews within four months of the end of the public health emergency.
No change from the 60-Day update response. DHCS will resume focused reviews in January 2023, due to the level of effort needed at the county level in the 12 months preceding the end of the PHE, to ensure all PHE related activities are completed timely.
- Estimated Completion Date: 01/31/2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Pending
No change from draft report response. DHCS will resume focused reviews in January 2023, due to the level of effort needed at the county level in the 12 months preceding the end of the PHE, to ensure all PHE related activities are completed timely.
- Estimated Completion Date: 01/31/2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2020-613
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.
