The combination of 2 Medi-Cal primary care rate decreases could mean primary care providers who see a lot of Medi-Cal patients will have to scale back or stop seeing those beneficiaries.
Reimbursement rates dropped January 1 for Medi-Cal primary care providers in 2 ways:
The federal drop is much more precipitous, but it's the combination of the 2 rate decreases that has Francisco Silva concerned. Mr Silva, vice president of legal affairs at the California Medical Association, said primary care providers who see a lot of Medi-Cal patients will have to scale back or stop seeing those beneficiaries.
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