​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Medi-Cal 2020 Evaluations

As required by the Medi-Cal 2020 Demonstration's Special Terms and Conditions, the State must submit evaluation reports to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine and analyze the impacts of several demonstration programs over the course of the demonstration period. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 1115Waiver@dhcs.ca.gov unless otherwise specified below.

California Children's Services (CCS)

If you have any questions or concerns regarding CCS, please contact CCSRedesign@dhcs.ca.gov.

• Cover Letter to CMS (2016)​​
  

• CCS Final Evaluation Design (2016)
  

• CMS Approval Letter (November 2017)
  

Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI)

If you have any questions or concerns regarding DTI, please contact DTI@dhcs.ca.gov. 

• Cover Letter to CMS (2016)
  

• DTI Draft Evaluation Design (2016)
  

• DTI Final Evaluation Design (2016)
  

• CMS Approval Letter (September 2017)
  

• Appendix 1 - DTI Evaluation Methodology Models (2017)
  

• DTI Draft Interim Evaluation Report (September 2019)
  

• CMS Approval Letter: Interim Evaluation Letter (February 2020)
  

• DTI Final Interim Evaluation Report (September 2019)
  

• DTI Final Evaluation Report (June 2023)
  

• CMS Approval Letter​ ​(December 2023)
  

Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS)

Additional information about the DMC-ODS Evaluation are available on the UCLA ISAP webpage.

• CMS Approval Letter (June 2016)
  

• DMC-ODS Final Evaluation Design (June 2016)
  

• CMS Approved Cover Letter and Evaluation Design (October 2023)​​
  

Out-of-State Former Foster Youth (OOS FFY)

• CMS Approval Letter (December 2017)
  

• FFCY Final Evaluation Design (2019)
  

• OOS FFY Interim Evaluation Report (2020)
  

• OOS FFY Interim Evaluation Report Acceptance Letter (September 2020)
  

• CMS Approval Letter and ​OOS FFY Final Evaluation Report​ (December 2023)
  

Global Payment Program (GPP)

• Cover Letter to CMS​ (2016)
  

• GPP Draft Evaluation Design (2016)
  

• GPP Final Evaluation Design​ (July 2017)
  

• CMS Approval Letter​​ (July 2017)
  

• GPP Midpoint Report (July 2018)
  

• GPP Final Report (June 2019)
  

Public Hospital Redesign & Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME)

• Cover Letter to CMS (2016)
  

• PRIME Final Evaluation Desi​​gn (2017)
  

• CMS Approval Letter (August 2017)
  

• PRIME Interim Evaluation Appr​oval Letter (February 2020)
  

• PRIME Interim Evaluation Report (March 2020)
  

• PRIME Final Evaluation Report​ (May 2022) 
  

Seniors and Persons with Disabilities (SPD)

• Cover Letter to ​C​MS (​2016)
  

• SPD Draft Evaluation Design (September 2016)
  

• SPD Final Evaluation Design (November 2017)
  

• CMS Approval Letter (November 2017)
  

• SPD Interim Evaluation Approval Letter (February 2020)
  

• SPD Interim Evaluation Report​ (December 2019)
  

• SPD Final Evaluation Report​ (April 2022)
  

• CMS Approval Letter​ ​(December 2023)​

Whole Person Care (WPC)

If you have any questions or concerns regarding WPC, please contact 1115WholePersonCare@dhcs.ca.gov.

• Cover Letter to CMS (2016)
  

• WPC Draft Evaluation Design (November 2016)
  

• WPC Final Evaluat​ion​ Design (2018)
  

• CMS Approval Letter (April 2018)
  

• WPC Draft Interim Evaluation Report (January 2020)
  

• WPC Final Evaluation Report (December 2022) ​​​​
  

• CMS Approval Letter and WPC Final Evaluation Report​ (December 2023)​
  

• CMS Approval Letter ​(March 2024)