Report 2023-103 Recommendation 9 Responses

Report 2023-103: The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: The Lack of Usage Data Prevents the State From Knowing How Often Medi‑Cal Members Receive Perinatal Care (Release Date: February 2024)

Recommendation #9 To: Public Health, Department of

To comply with state law, Public Health should develop and implement a data form for use by providers to collect comprehensive information on perinatal services offered and used, the results of which should be sent to Health Care Services to gather necessary information on the program's usage and effectiveness. At a minimum, this form should include whether providers are rendering perinatal services to Medi-Cal members. Based in part on information collected by local health coordinators during their reviews, we developed a sample form to illustrate the type of information Public Health should collect, as shown in Appendix A.

6-Month Agency Response

Public Health and Health Care Services meet regularly to discuss options for being responsive to the recommendations to capture CPSP program usage and effectiveness. The collaboration supports CPSP modernization across all Medi-Cal systems and will explore current administrative data and tools that exist to help assess program usage and effectiveness.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

Public Health will meet with Health Care Services to initiate collaboration on options to capture program usage and effectiveness.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2023-103

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.