Will screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in California be mandatory? No, but it’s recommended.
Will there be training for physicians and staff on how to screen? Yes.
Who will be reimbursed for screening patients in California? Physicians who serve patients in the state’s Medi-Cal program — for now.
For more answers to these and other questions that surfaced during a Dec. 4 webinar introducing Californians to a new statewide initiative, read on.
Come January 1, California will become one of the first states in the country to reimburse doctors to screen their patients for adverse childhood experiences. In preparation for this sea change, California’s Surgeon General, pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, and the Department of Health Care Services Medical Director Dr. Karen Mark unveiled the state’s newly-launched ACEs Aware initiative, and laid the groundwork for why this new recommendation is a call to action.
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