Attached is a letter from the California District Hospital Leadership Forum on the hospital outpatient department pending proposed rule being develope...
June 30, 2016 DHLF Update
PRIME On June 17, DHCS reported that ALL PRIME applications had been approved! Therefore, attention turns to the IGTs/federal match for 25 percent...
Revamp Of State Program For Medically Fragile Kids Moves Forward In Legislature
California lawmakers on Tuesday pushed forward compromise legislation that would transform how the state’s most medically fragile kids receive care....
California Budget: Small Health Gains, Advocates Look To Nov. Ballot For Big-Ticket Items
The $122.5 billion state budget approved this week by California lawmakers will fund a variety of health-related efforts, including training of primar...
DHLF PRIME Update
A few important/timely updates about PRIME: Good news – all PRIME applications with the exception of one (which remains a work-in-progress and is ...
State Legislators Push Bill To Inform Patients Of Drug Company Discount Programs
California lawmakers are lining up in support of a bill that would require health plans to provide information about patient-assistance programs for e...
Hike In Minimum Wage Will Push Some Workers Out Of Medi-Cal
California’s decision to raise its hourly minimum wage to $15 by 2022 could have unintended consequences for thousands of workers who will make too ...
UnitedHealth To Exit California’s Obamacare Market
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is leaving California’s insurance exchange at the end of this year, state officials confirmed Tuesday. The nation’s larges...
Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Stirs Opposition
Aiming to keep costs in check, Medicare is proposing to test different ways to pay for drugs — one of which is similar to CalPERs’ price-control e...
Covered California Says It’s Moving Fast To Fix Involuntary Switches Into Medi-Cal
Under fire from federal lawmakers and consumer advocates, Covered California is speeding up its response to a systemic problem that is causing the tra...