SACRAMENTO — A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is riddled with problems, leaving thousands of patients without medications — often after languishing on hold ...

New rules require prior approval for some medications and over-the-counter items, potentially causing longer waits, more ...

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SACRAMENTO — The contractor running California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program has addressed shortfalls that earlier this year left thousands of enrollees without critical medications, some ...

A Palm Springs-based pharmacy will pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that it defrauded California's Medicaid program, according to a press release from state Attorney General Rob Bonta. The ...

A Palm Springs-based pharmacy will pay a nearly $1 million settlement after being accused of defrauding California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a ...

SACRAMENTO, California—A month into its debut, California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program is riddled with problems, leaving thousands of patients without medications—often after languishing ...

California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company with expertise in pharmacy benefits and mental health. But Magellan was then gobbled up by industry giant Centene, ...

Thousands of patients without medications as Medicaid prescription drug program deals with call center delays, lack of staffing and missing data in first month. Shana Novak Getty Images A month into ...

Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the private sector for help. The new Medicaid drug program debuted ...