Is CalOPTIMA an HMO?

Is CalOPTIMA an HMO?

Sunday’s Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition profiled CalOPTIMA, the county’s “”cutting-edge, HMO-type health system for the poor and disabled.”” It was started three years ago as part of the “”state mandate to shift the urban poor to managed care”” and has since replaced the Medi-Cal system in the county. Oct 27, 1998