California Publishes Duals Demonstration Performance Dashboard

This week, our In Focus section reviews the March 2016 release of the Cal MediConnect Performance Dashboard, published by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Cal MediConnect is the state’s dual eligible financial alignment demonstration, which began phasing in enrollment in April 2014. As of February 1, 2016, Cal MediConnect had enrolled more than 124,000 dual eligible members in 10 Medicare-Medicaid plans (MMPs) across seven counties. The Cal MediConnect Performance Dashboard provides cumulative and quarterly data on long term services and supports (LTSS) use, health risk assessment (HRA) completion rates, case management/care team contact, hospital discharges and emergency utilization, and member appeals. Data is provided both in aggregate and by health plan.

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