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Advocate Brief
Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: Network Adequacy Requirements and Other Beneficiary Rights
The National Health Law Program's (NHeLP) experts cover a number of issues impacting access to and the quality of care for low-income and underserved people and families. This issue brief analyzes the legal requirements that require County Medical Health Plans (MHPs) to ensure Medi-Cal beneficiaries’ access to Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) and maintain adequate provider networks. It also discusses the different types of enforcement and monitoring tools to hold MHPs accountable.

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Advocate Brief
Medi-Cal Delivery System Changes in 2023 and 2024
California is making major changes to the delivery of Medi-Cal services over the next two years. NHeLP has created a fact sheet briefly outlining some of these upcoming changes to Medi-Cal services in 2023-2024 and discusses important consumer protections that are designed to ensure that beneficiaries maintain access to needed care during these major programmatic transitions. (Jun. 2023)
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