Statute · California Welfare and Institutions Code
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14199.110.5 — Protecting Access to Health Care
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14199.110.5
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Welfare and Institutions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2024-12-18
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Emergency Department Physicians Account
Citator
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14199.110.5 — Protecting Access to Health Care is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Emergency Department Physicians Account
(a) Moneys in the Emergency Department Physicians Account shall be used for the purpose of increasing reimbursements for emergency department physicians treating Medi-Cal patients as set forth in this section.
(b) The department shall, subject to the stakeholder input requirements of Section 14199.121, establish and implement one or more payment methodologies to increase reimbursements for emergency department physicians treating Medi-Cal patients. The payment methodology or methodologies shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter, shall be designed to improve access and support for emergency department services, and shall not be conditioned on a physician’s contracted network provider status.