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Related: About this forumEnrollment and Marketing Activities Suspended for CalOPTIMA ONECARE
ORANGE, Calif. (January 24, 2014) CalOptima received notification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the final outcome of the first comprehensive audit of OneCare, which was conducted in November 2013. The scope of the audit included CalOptima, our health networks and our pharmacy benefits manager.
Based on the audit, CMS has directed that CalOptima suspend marketing and enrollment into OneCare effective today. This action does not affect the services CalOptima provides to existing OneCare members, although it does delay the launch of our Cal MediConnect plan. CMS plans to return to conduct a follow-up audit within the next six months.
CalOPTIMA isnt the only scandal (Orange) County Supervisors face
A recent scathing federal audit of Orange Countys, once showcase, provider of medical care for low-income residents found major problems with the agencies management of those services.
Details on the history of CalOPTIMAs struggles here. All of this occurred on the heels of the Supervisors granting Supervisor Janet Nguyen unfettered control over the agency, as well as supporting her proposal to restructure the governing board to give hospitals more influence and control. Days after the action, led by Nguyen, local health care providers participating in CalOPTIMA held a major fundraising event to support Nguyen. The Voice of OC reports that Californias Department of Health Care Services will begin its own special review Monday of potential problems at CalOptima,
When it came time last year to determine how much hospitals would be reimbursed by the County for medical services, the Board of Supervisors dismissed the advice of County staff and instead voted to give hospitals more, even reading from the lobbyist recommendations (starting at 15:15 in the video below) to help formulate a motion during the meeting.
Thia is just another example of how the politicians on the Orange County Board of Supervisors have awarded hundreds millions of dollars in contracts to campaign contributors, including companies convicted of fraud, and allowed special interest lobbyists to write laws to benefit themselves instead of Orange County residents.
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Enrollment and Marketing Activities Suspended for CalOPTIMA ONECARE (Original Post)
antiquie
Feb 2014
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riversedge
(70,187 posts)1. Our republican legislator in WI also
also one man to write a proposed law. It was met with severe backlash and was withdrawn.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. That's managed care for you.
Even when it's publicly run instead of for-profit.