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Voters in California approved a bond measure that will allot $930 million to the "construction, expansion and remodeling" of children's hospitals, reports Modern Healthcare. Known as Proposition 3,... Read more...
In California, as elsewhere in the U.S., ambulatory surgical centers have been wildly successful, and their numbers have been expanding rapidly. As of 2005, there were about 4,500 in operation,... Read more...
Even when you're not dealing with the thorny issue of policy rescissions--which has been so colorfully the case in California--individual health insurance policies are a tricky bet at best. Insurers... Read more...
A new measure is under consideration in the California state Senate that would require doctors there to discuss a variety of end-of-life options with terminally ill patients--or refer patients to... Read more...
It's a case pitting grand intentions against market realities. California wanted to become the first state to require all prescription drugs to be tracked from factory to patient. The aim: prevent... Read more...
Despite the region's huge immigrant population, southern California's healthcare providers aren't doing well in negotiating language barriers created by the region's complex mix of residents. A new... Read more...
In recent months, California regulators have tightened the screws on health insurers who allegedly cancel individual policies as soon as patients rack up bills. Their efforts have turned up so many... Read more...
Kaiser Permanente is being assessed a record $3 million fine by the state of California's Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC). The state says Kaiser hasn't done a good enough job of... Read more...