Medi-Cal 5277928 190132476 2008-02-09T07:13:31Z 24.7.128.90 The California Department of Health Services split into two departments (Public Health and Health Care Services) as of July 1st, 2007. Medi-Cal is now administered by Health Care Services. '''Medi-Cal''' is the name of the [[Medicaid]] program in the State of [[California]]. It is jointly administered by the California State Department of Health Care Services and the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] (CMS), operating as a Medical Assistance Program under Title XIX of the [[Social Security Act]]. Medi-Cal with the assistance from the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] created The California Partnership for Long-Term Care. The goal is to protect Californians from being forced to spend everything they have worked for on long-term care, to prevent or delay dependence on Medi-Cal, and to protect their assets from Medi-Cal [[estate recovery]]. <ref>[http://www.guidetolongtermcare.com/partnership.html The California Partnership]</ref> ==References== <references/> == External links == * [http://www.medi-cal.ca.gov/ Medi-Cal] - Official website * [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/stateplans/toc.asp?state=CA Medicaid State Plan] information for California * [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/MWDL/list.asp?filterType=data&filterValue=California&filterByDID=2 State Waivers] for Medicaid program in California [[Category:Medicare and Medicaid (United States)]] {{California-poli-stub}} {{health-stub}} [[de:Medi-Cal]]