California Tribal Medi-Cal Administrative Activities

The California Tribal Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (CTMAA) Program offers a way for Tribal Health Programs to obtain federal reimbursement for the cost of certain administrative activities necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Medi-Cal program.

Examples of reimbursable administrative activities include:

• Medi-Cal outreach;
  
• Facilitating Medi-Cal application;
• Medi-Cal related referral;
  
• Medi-Cal related program planning and policy development;
  
• Providing transportation to Medi-Cal services; and
  
• General administrative activities
  
  

The goals of the MAA program are to:

• Facilitate outreach to potential Medi-Cal enrollees;
  
• Assist children and families in accessing needed Medi-Cal services;
  
• Assist and support Tribes and Tribal Organizations to prepare appropriate claims for administrative costs under the Medi-Cal program; and
  
• Administer an effective, efficient statewide MAA program.
  
  

Transportation:
In January 2009, CMS approved California’s Tribal Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Implementation plan.  In December 2009, CMS approved California’s Tribal MAA transportation invoice.  When providing individuals with non-emergency, non-medical transportation to Medi-Cal covered services, participating Tribal Program’s transporter must keep track of the mileage and actual time transporting.  The following form must be completed:

Combined Time Tracking and Mileage Tracking Log

For information only:
TMAA Transportation Invoice form:  MAA Coordinator completes this form and submits it to the MAA analyst in DHCS for processing the reimbursement.

MAA Specific Activities:

Non-transportation activities are called MAA Specific Activities. The invoice for this claim was approved in August 2010.  The following are the MAA Specific Activities Contract Codes:

Code 4 – Initial Medi-Cal Outreach

Code 6 – Facilitating Application

Code 8 – Ongoing Referral, Coordination & Monitoring of Medi-Cal Services

Code 10 – Arranging Transportation for Medi-Cal Services

Code 14 – Translation Related to Medi-Cal Services

Code 16 – Program Planning, Policy Development & Interagency Coordination (PPPD)

Code 17 – Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) Coordination and Claims Administration

Tribal MAA Specific Activities Time Tracking Log

Contact Information:

CTMAA Coordinator
Marlene L. Blasco
California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc.
4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 929-9761
(916) 929-7246 Fax
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Program Director
Marilyn Pollard
Administrative Services Director
California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc.
4400 Auburn Blvd., 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95841
(916) 929-9761
(916) 929-7246 Fax
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