And enforcement will be progressive, with several chances for providers to avoid fines. California's health care industry has supported the idea of a statewide cost target but argued a 3...
Cigna Healthcare offers a single-level, internal appeal process specific to California providers' regulations.
And enforcement will be progressive, with several chances for providers to avoid fines. California’s health care industry has supported the idea of a statewide cost target but argued a 3...
Taking advantage of new state funds, some CA health care providers are starting to offer what their homeless patients really need: housing.
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Newly enacted state law providing free health care for all illegal immigrants residing in California could cost taxpayers between $3 billion and $6 billion per year, according to recent estimates by state and federal lawmakers. With expectations for nearly 700,000 individuals to gain access to the new benefits, estimates vary depending on how many people enroll and the number and type of medical services covered. More than 3.2 million illegal immigrants live in California, in addition to their m...
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TURLOCK, Calif. — For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing so violently that he'd almost throw up. His mother whisked him to the emergency room late at night and slept with him to make sure he didn't stop breathing. "He's had these problems since he was born, and I couldn't figure out what was triggering his asthma," Fabiola Sandoval said of her son, Jorge, now 4. "It's so hard when your child is hurting. I was willing to try anything." · In January, community health workers visited Sandoval's hom ...
Californians could see a major overhaul in health care policy... medical providers will need to accept to receive patients... Covered California policy." Kaivan Shroff, a political...
When the California Department of Public Health last month lifted mask mandates in health care settings, it didn’t even cross my mind as a physician and CEO of Roots Community Health Center to drop masks in clinics I oversee in the East Bay and San Jose. The absence of a public health order never determined health care facility policy before, so I was shocked that several health systems dropped masks the moment they stopped being required. I did not need to be mandated to do the right thing for patients and staff at the onset of the pandemic, ...