Santa Clara Family Health Plan is pushing back against Santa Clara County’s move to transition its Medi-Cal infrastructure to a “single plan” model, calling the move a “hostile takeover,” the Mercury News reported May 22.
Santa Clara Family Health Plan was created in 1995 as an independent entity to manage Medi-Cal services separate from the county. In an effort to streamline operations and boost reimbursement rates, the California county recently replaced most of the health plan’s governing board with county employees, which the insurer argues is in violation of state law.
The health plan filed a lawsuit in a county court to block the transition, but a judge rejected its request for a temporary restraining order…