Medi-Cal Updates and the Medi-Cal Unwinding
California’s Medi-Cal program has undergone significant changes in the past two years. This webinar, Medi-Cal Updates, and the Medi-Cal Unwinding, will provide an overview of recent changes and their impact on low-income older adults, including the upcoming elimination of the asset test and updates under CalAIM including Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports.
This webinar will also provide an update on Medi-Cal “unwinding.” During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, protections were put in place to keep individuals enrolled in Medi-Cal and protect their health coverage. Today, however, these protections have ended and California is again reviewing individuals’ ongoing eligibility for Medi-Cal. The restart of Medi-Cal redeterminations is called the “unwinding.” The unwinding poses many challenges for older adults, especially those dually eligible for Medicare and Medi-Cal. Preliminary data on Medi-Cal redeterminations show that many older adults and people with disabilities may be losing Medi-Cal coverage. This webinar will provide updates and best practices advocates can use to help their older adult clients during unwinding.
Who Should Participate:
Advocates who work with low-income older adults enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Presenter:
Tiffany Huyenh-Cho, Senior Attorney, Justice in Aging
Moderator:
Lauren Carden, Director, California Elder Rights
Capacity for this session is limited to 1,000 participants, and all participants will have the option of accessing audio through the computer or by phone. Closed captioning will be available. Please be sure to log onto the webinar a few minutes early in order to secure your place for the live presentation on Zoom. The presentation will be recorded and available for later viewing. If you would like to request ASL interpretation or have other accessibility-related questions, please email info@justiceinaging.org.
Zoom Registration Update: For security reasons, when you register for a webinar, the join link will no longer be displayed on the confirmation page of your web browser. Instead, you will find the join link in the email confirmation, which will be sent to you as usual. If you don’t receive an email from Zoom, check your junk folder. And add Zoom to your list of approved senders.
