Medicaid to Cover Traditional Healing for Persons with SUD in Four States
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom announced October 17, 2024 that the California Medicaid program has gained federal approval to include traditional healing practices and other supportive services among the array of services to help persons recovering from substance use. This is the first time that the Medi-Cal program will cover traditional health care...
Contract Support Costs for Self-Determination Contracts
In a June 6, 2024 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Health Service (IHS) must pay contract support costs (CSC) to tribes to cover the expenses tribes incur when they use income derived from other sources, such as Medicare and Medicaid payments, to further develop the health care activities...
Medi-Cal Managed Care Protections for Indian Health Care Providers
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) in Feb. 2024 issued comprehensive guidance to assist Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCOs) in meeting their federal and state law obligations to Native American enrollees and to Indian health care providers that operate under 638 ISDA agreements. Among the topics the guidance addresses are...