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Recent medi-cal coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
A third amendment with Health Management Associates extends the agreement through Sept. 30, 2027, and sets mock-audit and follow-up report deadlines in 2027.
A proposed amendment would raise Health Management Associates’ contract ceiling to $2.28 million and extend the agreement through Sept. 30, 2027, for Medi-Cal compliance and billing work.
County officials told lawmakers some local indigent-care programs are dormant or too weak to meet current safety-net demand, while Finance projected Medi-Cal enrollment will fall and warned federal work-rule changes could tighten exemptions.
Assembly Health Committee witnesses said the state’s public telehealth dashboard has not been updated since 2022, complicating oversight as lawmakers review remaining Medi-Cal telehealth gaps.
A May 5 committee packet shows Sutter County moving a Partnership HealthPlan agreement that would reimburse public health clinic vaccine and TB testing services under new DHCS rules.