Proposition 56 - Dental Services
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Fee-For-Service Supplemental Payment
The California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 (Proposition 56), passed by the voters in November 2016, increased the excise tax rate on cigarettes and electronic cigarettes, effective April 1, 2017, and other tobacco products effective July 1, 2017. The excise tax increased to $2.87 per pack of 20 cigarettes on distributors selling cigarettes in California with an equivalent excise tax rate increase on other tobacco products.
Beginning with the July 1, 2017 rating period, the state has directed Dental Managed Care Plan (DMCPs) to make enhanced supplemental payments to eligible provider types for the applicable CDT codes upon approval from CMS and receipt of funding. The enhanced supplemental payment is contingent upon the DMCPs’ receipt of providers’ actual utilization for these codes reported through encounter data for SFY 2017-18 through CY 2021.
Please see the links to the supporting documentation for this program for each rating period:
SFY 2017-18
SFY 2018-19
SFY 2019-20
July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
CY 2021 (January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021)
CY 2022 (January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022)
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