California Department of Health Care Services

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California Department of Health Care Services
Agency overview
Jurisdiction California
HeadquartersSacramento, California
Annual budget US$ 100 billion (2021-22)
Agency executive
  • Michelle Baass, Director (effective September 10, 2021)
Parent agency California Health and Human Services Agency
Website www.dhcs.ca.gov

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency that finances and administers a number of individual health care service delivery programs, including Medi-Cal, which provides health care services to low-income people. It was formerly known as the California Department of Health Services, which was reorganized in 2007 into the DHCS and the California Department of Public Health. [1] On September 10, 2019, DHCS Director Jennifer Kent announced her resignation, effective September 30, 2019. [2] On September 25, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Richard Figueroa, Jr. as Acting Director. [3] Will Lightbourne was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom and began serving as Director on June 16, 2020. [4] Subsequently, Michelle Baass was appointed Director of DHCS by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 10, 2021, replacing the outgoing Will Lightbourne. [5]

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Operations

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A building occupied by the California Department of Health Care Services.

A December 2014 audit of the DHCS's Medi-Cal dental care program (Denti-Cal) by the California State Auditor reported that:

Controversies

Directors

References

  1. ca.gov |date=November 28, 2023
  2. "California health official quits after blasting vaccine foes as 'flat-earthers' - SFChronicle.com". www.sfchronicle.com. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. "Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 9.25.19". California Governor. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  4. "DHCS-Director-Biography". www.gov.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. "Governor-Newsom-Announces-California-Health-and-Human-Services-Agency-Appointments". www.gov.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  6. Little Hoover Commission (April 2016), Report #230: Fixing Denti-Cal, archived from the original on 2016-12-20, retrieved 2016-12-31
  7. "Delta Dental 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  8. 1 2 "DHCS Medi-Cal Dental Services Rate Review by the Department of Health Care Services October 2017" (PDF).
  9. Denti-Cal provider referral list - San Francisco Mar 2018. "denti-cal.ca.gov" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)