Medi-Cal Rx: California to Transition Medi-Cal Pharmacy Benefits to Fee-For-Service
By EsqSocial Corporation 12/01/21
On April 1, 2021, the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) will be transitioning all Medi-Cal pharmacy benefits from managed care to fee-for-service (“FFS”). This new system to administer FFS pharmacy benefits is being called “Medi-Cal Rx” and was developed by DHCS in response California Governor Gavin Newsom’s January 7, 2019 executive order (the “Order”), which instructed DHCS to transition all Medi-Cal pharmacy benefits to FFS by January 1, 2021......
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP