California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Bridge to Reform 1115 Waiver Amendment SPA 13-038 To Implement The Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System, Questions & Answers

In this document dated October 17, 2014, the California Department of Health Care Services responded to questions from stakeholders about a recently approved a Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) to make changes to Medicaid-funded addiction treatment. The SPA expands addiction treatment services to all Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and removes a limit on counseling in narcotic treatment settings. The questions were posed by representatives of addiction treatment facilities run by the Indian Health Service . . .