Advisory Board: Contra Costa Health Plan Joint Conference Committee
To: Joint Conference Committee (JCC) Members
From: Shulin Lin, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance
Date: December 19, 2025
Subject: Finance Report
Purpose
To provide the Joint Conference Committee with a high-level overview of activities within the Finance Department, progress, priorities, and challenges.
Department Description
The Finance Department handles, facilitates, and supports all financial transactions for the Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP). The Finance Department also manages the health plan’s regulatory financial reporting to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC).
Key Accomplishments and Highlights
• Received the amended CY2026 Medi-Cal capitation rate, which included a significant increase
• Completed all routine and special data requests from the state
• Submitted all required documents to support the County annual financial audit with MGO
• Filed all rate increase reports for commercial line of business
Current Priorities and In-Progress Work
• Ensuring the fiscal year closes smoothly with the Auditor-Controller
• Performing monthly financial review with health plan leadership
• Developing standard month-end close process in conjunction with CCRMC finance staff
• Continuing to develop and document all other routine processes for health plan finance functions
• Partnering with health plan operations to make data-driven decisions
• Developing standard provider contract rates
• Preparing for Medicare D-SNP go-live
• Preparing for CY2027 Medi-Cal rate setting (RDT) filing due in January 2026
Challenges
• The current general ledger (G/L) configuration of Workday does not support CCHP’s regulatory reporting needs. The Finance Department will be working with the Auditor-Controller’s staff to make appropriate modifications
• Unable to close financial records (the book) on a monthly basis
• Cannot use Workday to generate regulatory or financial reports
Looking Ahead
• Fiscal year-end close and audit activities will continue through December 2025
• Audited financial reports will be filed with DHCS & DMHC after year-end close
• Complete all routine and special data requests from the state
• CY2027 Medi-Cal rate setting (RDT) filing is due in January 2026
• Prepare for DMHC financial audit in April 2026
• Prepare for CY2027 Medicare D-SNP bid