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State Health Officials, Hospitals Describe Disruptions, Waivers and Costs After LA Wildfires
Summary
State health officials and hospital leaders told the Assembly Health Committee that the January Southern California wildfires disrupted outpatient care, dialysis and hospital operations and prompted emergency federal waivers and state-level consumer protections.
State health officials and hospital leaders told the Assembly Health Committee on Jan. 7 that the recent Southern California wildfires caused widespread disruption to care delivery and prompted the Department of Health Care Services and health plans to deploy emergency flexibilities.
"The health and well-being of our Medi Cal members is the Department's priority," Michelle Bos (Director, Department of Health Care Services) told the committee. DHCS said it requested 36 separate federal CMS 1135 waivers to preserve access — measures that included waiving prior authorization requirements, enabling care in alternative settings (member homes, mobile clinics, temporary locations), expedited refills of prescriptions and extensions of…
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