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NewsStates retaining more physicians
Even though the looming doctor shortage may not be as bad as people feared, healthcare organizations in California can rest even easier knowing the state had the highest physician retention for 2010, Read more...
Phony nursing school shut down by California attorney general
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. this week closed down a sham RN school that targeted Filipino-Americans who already worked in healthcare. He announced a $500,000 settlement with the Read more...
The sicker a patient is upon admission, the more likely he'll return to hospital, study suggests
Much has been said and written about the critical role that discharge planning and care coordination play in preventing rehospitalizations. But a new study by California's Office of Statewide Health Read more...
Focus on disaster readiness could mean retrofitting, renovations for Calif. hospitals
As natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes are striking major population hubs worldwide, the underlying building structures of hospitals are coming under more scrutiny. For example, Read more...
California uses web-based tool to track suspicious drug use
The state of California has rolled out a new web-based tool that tracks the use of controlled substances, including addictive painkillers such as Oxycontin and Valium. The idea is to help nurses, Read more...
CA woman gets eight years in prison for recruiting patients for needless surgery
A California woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a massive health insurance fraud scheme which recruited people for unnecessary surgeries. Lilia Toscano has pleaded guilty to 98 Read more...
California considers regs to reduce policy rescissions
Regulators in California have proposed new regulations intended to defeat the health plan industry's practice of canceling policies retroactively over inadvertent application errors. If enacted, Read more...
CA may require health plans, MDs to cut appointment wait times
After six years of discussion, California is on the brink of becoming the first state in the country to set rules as to how many hours a health plan member must wait before seeing their doctor. Under Read more...
CA in-home care program littered with fraud
The California healthcare program, In Home Supportive Services is one of the fastest growing in the state's government, budgeted at $5.42 billion this year alone, and set to care for roughly 440,000 Read more...
Cobra coverage may last longer for newly laid off workers in CA
A new bill introduced in California may add as much as nine months to Cobra insurance coverage for workers laid off from smaller companies with up to 20 employees. The federal stimulus would fuel a Read more...
| Press ReleasesCalifornia Physician Groups Opposed to Rate Regulation InitiativeLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- California Association of Physician Groups:Statement from Donald CranePresident and CEOCalifornia Association of Physician Groups “The California Association of Read more >> UnitedHealthcare Invests $5.6 Million in Family Healthcare Network to Help Improve Access to Quality Care in Tulare and KiInvestment is part of UnitedHealthcare’s California Health Care Investment Program, a 20-year, $200 million commitment to improve health care access for underserved communitiesFunding gives health Read more >> Tenet Management to Present at the J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference on January 9thDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Trevor Fetter, Tenet’s president and chief executive officer, and Biggs C. Porter, Tenet’s chief financial Read more >> Fresno Area Patients Have New Affordable Options for HealthcareMedLion expands direct primary care to Valley residents without insurance MONTEREY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nearly one in four Fresno residents is without any kind of health care coverage. MedLion, Read more >> Wy’East Medical’s High-Compliance Solutions Help Reduce Healthcare Worker Injuries as California’s Landmark Safe Patient HOregon’s premier medical device manufacturer addresses the challenges of “back-breaking” healthcare work with zero-lift patient transfer products to meet new requirements mandated by California’s AB Read more >> |
