Medi-Cal Care Coordinator.

22 CCR 51124.2

§ 51124.2. Medi-Cal Care Coordinator. “Medi-Cal Care Coordinator” means the designated Medi-Cal consultant who authorizes, reauthorizes, and coordinates, as required, medically necessary services for a beneficiary. The Medi-Cal Care Coordinator shall be a physician or registered nurse. The extent of the participation of the Medi-Cal Care Coordinator is determined by the complexity and multiplicity of service needs of the patient. The Medi-Cal Care Coordinator shall work, as required, with the physicians, the facility discharge coordinators, preadmission screeners and other facility personnel, as required, to coordinate and authorize those services needed by the patient and which are authorized by the Medi-Cal Program.