Section 14165.10.
Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14165.10.
in effectThe commission or department may direct independent studies, to include, but not be limited to, the following objectives:
(a)
The development of a method of private medical insurance coverage of the Medi-Cal program as to those Medi-Cal beneficiaries whose medical costs reach a catastrophic level or who become chronically ill.
(b)
The potential for Medi-Cal payment of medical coverage premiums for the various classifications of Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(c)
For
each classification of Medi-Cal beneficiaries, the provision of specified medical benefits on the basis of subsidization by the beneficiaries through the payment of premiums.
(d)
A comparison of Medi-Cal benefits with the medical coverage available to most Californians not covered by Medi-Cal, along with analysis and recommendations concerning alternative benefit packages for Medi-Cal.
(e)
The determination of whether health care plans providing services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries should offer less than the full range of Medi-Cal benefits.
(f)
The development of alternative standards for beneficiary eligibility and copayment under Medi-Cal.
(g)
The development of a method of response to temporary deficits in the Medi-Cal program that will both control
expenditures and, to the extent possible, preserve the availability to beneficiaries of essential health services.
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