Issue - Any -L.A. Care Clinical Connections - November 2024March and April 2025November and December 2024September and October 2024L.A. Care Clinical Connections - September 2024July and August 2024April 2024March 2024March-April 2023May-June 2024January-February 2023November-December 2022September-October 2022July-August 2022May-June 2022March-April 2022January-February 2022Special EditionNovember-December 2021September-October 2021July-August 2021May-June 2021Spring 2021Winter 2020Fall 2020July 2020 Special EditionMay 2020November-December 2019September-October 2019July-August 2019May-June 2019April 2019March 2019February 2019January 2019December 2018July 2018February 2018January 2018August 2018April 2018November 2018October 2018September 2018June 2018March 2018May 2018December 2017October 2017September 2017August 2017July 2017June 2017November 2017July 2014June 2014October 2014May 2014December 2013October 2013April 2013January 2013September 2012July 2012February 2012 Apply DHCS Announces Delay in Cal MediConnect Program The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced on Monday, August 19 that the implementation of the Cal MediConnect program has been delayed. The new start date will be no sooner… October 2013 Health Care in Los Angeles is Changing - Find Out How! Stay up-to-date on the latest information about California’s Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) and Cal MediConnect program. Signing up for the CCI e-newsletter is easy. Visit our website at www.… April 2013 More Than Half of HITEC-LA Doctors and Clinic Sites Have Achieved EHR Meaningful Use HITEC-LA announced that more than 1,500 of its members who are eligible primary care providers have reached meaningful use with certified electronic health record (EHR) systems. A project of L.… April 2013 L.A. Care Transitioning to New Behavioral Health Vendor L.A. Care is in the process of changing behavioral health vendors from CompCare to Beacon Health Strategies for our Healthy Kids, Medicare Advantage Plan HMO SNP, and PASC-SEIU Homecare Workers… April 2013 Try Our FREE Social Services Search Tool for You and Your Patients At L.A. Care, we know that health is about more than just health care. That’s why we developed a FREE online search tool that helps you and your patients access free community and social services… April 2013 Federal and State Governments Sign Duals Demonstration Pilot MOU On March 27, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and California Department of Health Care Services DHCS announced the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding for… April 2013 Expect More Calls from Medicare Advantage (HMO SNP) Members Call volume in your office may increase soon due to L.A. Care’s Passport to Good Health program that has rolled out to Medicare Advantage (HMO SNP) members. The program encourages plan members to… April 2013 Dr. Gertrude "Trudi" Carter Joins L.A. Care as Chief Medical Officer L.A. Care has welcomed Gertrude “Trudi” Carter, M.D., as its Chief Medical Officer effective November 2012. Dr. Carter most recently was CMO at CalOptima, L.A. Care’s sister Medi-Cal health… April 2013 Work Continues on Duals Demonstration Pilot L.A. Care continues to ramp up for the combined Medicare-Medicaid Duals Demonstration Pilot program slated to begin June 1, 2013. It is currently reaching out to all skilled nursing facilities (SNF)… April 2013 L.A. Care to Roll Out New Compensation Model L.A. Care Health Plan’s new compensation model for its Medi-Cal direct line of business will begin phasing into contracts effective February 1, 2013. Called the Compensation & Care Alignment… April 2013 Load More