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NewsUCLA Medical Center accused of driving up rates
Blue Shield of California has accused the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center and other UC hospitals of banning together in a "carefully orchestrated negotiating strategy" to Read more...
County officials want to eyeball hospital's peer reviewed cases
Los Angeles County supervisors requested access to two years' worth of peer-reviewed cases at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county officials' interest in digging Read more...
Are user-friendly hospital charges an oxymoron?
With more than 30 states requiring hospitals to disclose at least some of their charges and members of Congress pushing hospitals to disclose information about their prices, pressure is mounting for Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Debate continues over costly end-of-life care
According to the Dartmouth end-of-life analysis, Medicare spends about $50,000 during a patient's last six month of life when treated at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, compared with $25,000 Read more...
Man convicted of selling UCLA cadavers
A businessman has been found guilty of grand theft, embezzlement and tax evasion charges for selling human body parts donated to UCLA's medical school. Ernest Nelson, 51, was convicted of selling Read more...
CA finalizes bills boosting patient privacy
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law that imposes tougher penalties for violations of patient privacy as well as for serious medical errors. Under the terms of the bill, the 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 hospitals fined for dangerous deficiencies
The California Public Health Department has announced that it has fined 18 hospitals $25,000 per violation for deficiencies in their performance, citing them for administrative problems that could Read more...
UCLA's medical record spying problem worse than thought
Despite vows that it was getting things in order, UCLA Medical Center still seems to have a problem with protecting the privacy of its medical records. According to a new report from the California Read more...
Japanese gang figures get liver transplants from UCLA
A new investigation by a daily newspaper has found that a top Japanese crime figure and three other men affiliated with Japanese organize crime groups received liver transplants from Los Read more...
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