The Obama administration on Sunday unveiled a faster, more user-friendly version of HealthCare.gov, the Washington Times reports. Officials launched t...
Exchange Survey Sets Table for Upcoming Open Enrollment Period
Many Californians don’t know they qualify for coverage help in the form of federal subsidies, according to a survey released on Thursday by Cove...
State Scales Back Medicaid Waiver Request From $17 Billion to $7 Billion
On Tuesday, a policy analyst from the state Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state has revised its 1115 Medicaid waiver request, trimming i...
Hospitals Urged To Avoid Serving Meat From Livestock Raised on Antibiotics
Raising animals on a diet of antibiotics produces healthier and larger livestock but it’s also contributing to increased incidences of drug-resistan...
Scope of Practice Legislation To Fight Another Day
Amid the deluge of health care bills signed and vetoed by the governor in recent days, absent were several bills that would have expanded the scope of...
Brown Vetoes Medi-Cal Bills, Citing Expected $1.1B Budget Deficit
Citing the state Legislature’s failure to rework the expiring managed care organization tax and the resulting budget deficit, Gov. Jerry Brown (...
Aid for Police in Handling Mentally Ill
Police officers need to handle mentally ill people a little differently than others, and many of them just don’t understand how to do that prope...
GAO Slams CMS' Oversight of Medicare Advantage Provider Networks
CMS must do more to ensure that Medicare Advantage plans have adequate networks, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monda...
National Drug Take-Back Day Saturday
Roughly 350 drop-off sites in California will take consumers’ unwanted or unused medications on Saturday and properly dispose of them. It’...
New Oversight for Outpatient Surgery
Outpatient surgery centers in California face new regulations and oversight under a brand-new law. After much discussion and several amendments, the C...