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This is the official COVID19 response website for the state of California.
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Update Health care page to address, "What COVID-19 Testing and Treatments are covered by the federal goverment’s free uninsured program?" #1137

Closed JasonKarim closed 4 years ago

JasonKarim commented 4 years ago

Update Health care page to address, "What COVID-19 Testing and Treatments are covered by the federal goverment’s free uninsured program?"

TamaraIDEJA commented 4 years ago

Input from SMEs on this question @JasonKarim

· The Families First Coronavirus Response Act gave state Medicaid programs authorization to cover uninsured individuals for COVID-19 diagnostic testing and testing-related services at no cost to the individual.

· The California Department of Health Care Services, in response to this new authority, implemented the COVID-19 Presumptive Eligibility (PE) Program on April 8. It is now available to individuals with no insurance or who currently have private insurance that does not cover COVID-19 diagnostic testing and testing-related services. California is also seeking approval of a Section 1115 demonstration waiver to, among other things, cover medically necessary COVID-19 treatment services for those who qualify under the new uninsured coverage group. These services would be provided at no cost to the individual.

· Additionally, given the current public health emergency, COVID-19 testing, evaluation, and treatment services are deemed as emergency services under Medi-Cal. Deeming these services as an emergency will allow all Medi-Cal beneficiaries, regardless of their scope of coverage under Medi-Cal or their immigration status, to receive all medically necessary testing, testing related, and treatment services, which may include inpatient or outpatient services related to a COVID-19 diagnosis, at no cost to the individual.

JasonKarim commented 4 years ago

@TamaraIDEJA @abquirarte Comment by SME ONLY address the Medi-Cal services (which is a shared cost program between state & federal government), managed by DHCS. This does NOT address what is covered under the Medicare (which is a pure federal program) & was shown in Health care page Q/A.

Is the DHCS asking us to remove the Medicare coverage part entirely or asking us to add Medi-Cal part to it? Medi-Cal part is currently shown at DHCS website.

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