CMS has approved California's Medicaid waiver request, allowing the state to continue modification plans to the Medi-Cal system, according to a CIV source report.
Included in the waiver are various federal funding approvals, including $3.7 billion in performance incentives for public hospitals; $1.5 billion over five years for a Whole Person Care pilot program; $1.4 billion for the Global Payment program, and unspecified funding for dental care reform.
Under the waiver, California becomes one of a handful of states with access to federal funding for the care of uninsured individuals who cannot pay their hospital bills.
Altogether, the federal government will provide some $6.2 billion in program support to the state.
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