43 pages. Excerpt: In 2003, the California Legislature directed the Department of Health Services to apply for a federal waiver to test the efficacy of providing a disease management (DM) benefit to fee-for-service Medi-Cal beneficiaries with specific chronic diseases. Organized in an easy-to-read presentation format, provides: An overview of disease management; A summary of other states' experiences with disease management in Medicaid, including the role of community clinics; Case studies[.]