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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...
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...
Kaiser assessed record-breaking $3 million fine
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...
