The Legislature intends that Medi-Cal recipients have reasonable access to medical care services and especially to primary and maternity care services. In order to obtain such access, the Legislature intends that, to the extent feasible and permitted by federal law, physicians be reimbursed equally statewide for comparable services, at a rate sufficient to provide Medi-Cal recipients with such reasonable access, and also intends that higher rates be paid, relatively, for providing primary and maternity care services.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14075
Physicians Costs
Known as the Medi-Cal Act
The act spans §§ 14000 to 14199.87 (1,239 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 295 F. Supp. 2d 1110 - Clayworth v. Bonta (2003)
Most recently applied in 155 F. Supp. 3d 1008 - Asante v. California Department of Health Care Services (December 2015)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1207.
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