Section 14491.

CA Welf & Inst Code § 14491 (2019) (N/A)
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The director shall pursue the feasibility of establishing the following as pilot programs:

(a) A capitated, risk-assuming contract with one or more regional fiscal intermediaries.

(b) A capitated, risk-assuming contract with acute care hospitals within a county or region.

(c) A capitated, risk-assuming contract with one or more organizations which provide payment to a specified class or classes of providers.

For purposes of this section, “risk-assuming” means the pilot program contractor agrees to assume the risk of utilization of services or costs of services, or both.

(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1036.)