Why Some Medi-Cal Patients Can’t Access UC Davis Medical Center
Although University of California hospitals are public hospitals, some of them are not accepting Medi-Cal patients because the hospitals are not part of Medi-Cal managed care networks. Yesterday, HCA members spoke out against this practice in Sacramento County: “My biggest concern is that UC Davis, regionally, is one of the best hospitals, I mean, it is nationally recognized. And it’s only providing care, right now, to people who can afford to pay,” Amy Williams with Legal Services of Northern California said. “We have a major access problem with Sacramento’s poor being able to get primary care services. And when you have one of the largest, best hospitals not participating at all — it just makes it worse.”
Rally Calls On UC Davis To Reinstate Primary Care For Medi-Cal Patients
University of California Davis Medical Group is facing criticism for not providing primary care to Medi-Cal patients. Health advocates are holding a rally in Sacramento Monday morning to call attention to the issue.
Underserved Communities Call Out UC Davis for Rejecting Medi-Cal
UC Davis Health is under fire from local communities who say the academic health centers under its umbrella are refusing to provide primary care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The Health Equity Action Team claims that many within the 15 underserved communities directly surrounding the UC Davis Health campus only have access to the centers’ emergency departments.
