Selected Abbreviations Used in This Report
| CAP | corrective action plan |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| COHS | county organized health system |
| DHCS | Department of Health Care Services |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| Managed Health Care | Department of Managed Health Care |
| Regional Model | New managed care model into which DHCS grouped 18 rural expansion counties in 2012 |
| rural expansion counties | The 28 counties that state law required DHCS to transition to managed care in 2012 |