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NewsCalifornia hospitals fined $650K for public health violations
Twelve California hospitals face fines totaling $650,000 after medical mistakes that may have contributed to three patient deaths, according to ABC News. The California Department of Public Health Read more...
Beware of HIPAA enforcement crackdown, legal experts warn
Legal experts are warning hospital CEOs and compliance officers to heed the pricey lessons learned from recent multi-million dollar penalties incurred by Cignet Health and Massachusetts General Read more...
Medical errors prove costly for 12 hospitals
Patients seeking medical care in California may want to avoid Southwest Healthcare System in Murrieta, which last Friday was fined for a state record seventh time by the California Department of Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: California hospitals slammed for care problems
California's health officials have issued another series of fines against hospitals that made serious mistakes in care. The hospitals, which were fined $25,000 each, were slapped for placing patients Read more...
Health Net to consider selling off divisions in four states
Health Net CEO Jay Gellert says that the company is strongly considering selling off its businesses in key states where it is not the market leader. Those states include New York, New Jersey, Read more...
CA proposes medical record privacy rules
The California legislature is considering a new bill that imposes health data privacy protections above and beyond those already required by HIPAA, alarmed by a recent rash of medical record snooping Read more...
Reader comments: How to deal with health plan misbehavior
In a previous editorial, I took the position that no matter how many fines you impose on health plans that behave improperly, Read more...
Health plan settlements won't change much
As you might have noticed, over the past several weeks there's been a lot of action in California over the issue of health plans retroactively canceling members' coverage. For example, the state's Read more...
CA Blue plans will pay $13M in fines over cancellations
Two of the state of California's largest health plans have agreed to pay a combined total of $13 million in fines related to their practice of rescinding policies for members after those members Read more...
Indianapolis hospital fined $2M for drug violation
An Indianapolis, Ind.-based hospital has been fined $2 million by federal authorities for failing to accurately track stolen painkillers. Over the past two years, a pharmacy employee with St. Vincent Read more...
| Press ReleasesCALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES PRIVACY BREACH FINES TO 7 CALIFORNIA HEALTH FACILITIESDate: 11/19/2010 Number: PH10-092 Contact: Al Lundeen (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced that six California hospitals and one nursing Read more >> |
