Increasing Reimbursement Incentives

In an effort to boost outreach activities for uninsured children in California, the State recently increased reimbursements for application assistance to Enrollment Entities (EEs). EEs continue to be reimbursed $50 for every paper joint application completed with assistance from a Certified Application Assistant (CAA) if that application is successful in enrolling uninsured children into the Healthy Families Program (HFP) or Medi-Cal for Families. However, as of July 1, 2006, Health-e-App submissions with CAA assistance leading to successful enrollment in the HFP or Medi-Cal for Families were increased to $60. In addition, any Annual Eligibility Review (AER) assisted applications that lead to eligibility for another year will be reimbursed at a rate of $50 per application. For more information on the reimbursement incentives increase, please refer to the August 2006 edition of the EE/CAA Newsletter at http://www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/English/caa/pdfs/EECAA_Newsletter_200608.pdf.