California Medicaid 1115 Waiver: Medi-Cal 2020: Key Concepts for Renewal (Version 3-27-15)

On March 27, 2015, the California Department of Health Care Services (DCHS) submitted a request to the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) for a five-year renewal of the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, Bridge to Reform, which expires in October 2015. The renewal waiver, called Medi-Cal 2020, seeks $15 to 20 billion in federal funding to meet the waiver’s objectives including establishment of shared savings model between the state and the federal government modeled after the Delivery System Incentive Reform Pool (DSRIP . . .