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Committee advances AB 220 to standardize authorizations for subacute care and restrict managed-care plan criteria
Summary
AB 220 would require facilities providing subacute care to submit specified DHCS forms when seeking authorization and prohibit Medi‑Cal managed‑care plans from using their own criteria to determine medical necessity for subacute care. The committee recorded support from hospitals and children's providers and no formal opposition.
Assembly Bill 220: The Senate Committee on Health considered AB 220, which would require health facilities that provide subacute care services to submit Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) forms 6200 or 6200A when seeking authorization for subacute care services and would prohibit Medi‑Cal managed-care plans from developing or using their own differing criteria to…
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