california hospitals
Large care intensity variations exist between hospitals
A new study has found that the amount of resources used in the care of chronically ill varies widely from hospital to hospital. To conduct the study, researchers looked at variations in care at... Read more...
Some Calif. hospitals at odds with rating system
A year ago, a coalition that included hospitals, health plans, physicians and consumer advocates launched a site designed to help consumers judge the quality of care at California hospitals. The... Read more...
CMS: Harbor-UCLA places patients in jeopardy
Another Los Angeles county hospital emergency department appears to be facing serious care problems, in an unfortunate echo the problems faced the now-deceased Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor hospital.... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Calif. hospitals charge uninsured more than gov't
More bad publicity on this issue, the industry doesn't need, but here it is anyway. A new study from the Rand Corp. and the University of Southern California suggests that hospitals in California... Read more...
San Fran hospitals didn't use $79M for charity
Despite getting $79 million in tax breaks intended to help fund uncompensated care for the poor and uninsured, San Francisco's five not-for-profit hospitals only provided $16 million in charity care,... Read more...
Kaiser hospital admin steps down
The administrator at Kaiser Permanente's Fresno hospital stepped down yesterday, days after CMS Read more...
CMS censures Kaiser hosp. for dodging complaints about MD
A CMS investigation has concluded that if Kaiser Permanente's Fresno hospital had acted on a barrage of complaints about a perinatologist there, two babies might still be alive today. CMS began... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tenet signs BC of Calif. contract; Analyst predict WellCare sale; and much more...
> Tenet has struck a multi-year contract with Blue Cross of California covering 16 California hospitals. Read more...
Patient dumping tale is all too familiar
Even from 3,000 miles away, it's terribly depressing to read about yet another case of patient dumping by an LA hospital. This time, a Los Angeles-area hospital allegedly left a paraplegic man on... Read more...
Another LA hospital sued for patient dumping
A Los Angeles-area hospital has been sued by civil rights attorneys over the alleged dumping of... Read more...
