Medi-Cal Bootcamp is a comprehensive, 4-day program that provides eligibility workers with critical knowledge and skills necessary to administer the Medi-Cal program. This series addresses over-arching eligibility concepts, as well as practical skills necessary for taking appropriate actions in both new and continuing, MAGI and Non-MAGI, Medi-Cal cases. Through discussions of case examples, participants will have the opportunity to apply concepts learned in this workshop.
Day 1 Topics
- Basics of Medi-Cal
- Recent expansions
- Intro to the MAGI/Non-MAGI realm
- The Medi-Cal Hierarchy
- Scope of coverage
- Basic eligibility requirements
- MAGI Medi-Cal overview
- MAGI Medi-Cal household composition
Day 2 Topics
- Non-MAGI Overview
- Linkage in Non-MAGI
- Non-MAGI covered groups
- Medi-Cal Family Budget Unit (MFBU)
- MBU’s and Sneede Budgeting
- MAGI covered groups and FPL limits
- CalHEERS/CalSAWS connection
- E-verification
- Determining MAGI income
Day 3 Topics
- Property
- Income and budgeting in Non-MAGI Medi-Cal
- ABD – FPL
- Share-of-Cost Determination
- Sneede
- Collecting verification
- Medicare overview
- Medicare Savings Programs (MSP)
- Processing Intake applications
- Minor Consent
- Effective case journaling
Day 4 Topics
- Medi-Cal Redeterminations
- Ex Parte
- Managing a continuing caseload
- Change in circumstances
- Customer Protection Programs
- Transitional Medi-Cal (TMC)
- 4-Month Continuing
- Continuing Eligibility for Children (CEC)
Course Code
500772