Justine Saffir, director at the Sunnymont-Westside nursery school in San Jose, keeps in her classroom a spare EpiPen to treat potentially life-threate...
Drug Price Transparency Bill Clears Key Hurdle in California Legislature
Controversial California legislation requiring drug companies to justify treatment costs and price hikes jumped one more hurdle Thursday, just a few w...
California’s Public Hospitals Face New Medi-Cal Mandate
Public hospitals in California will be required to contract with at least one Medi-Cal managed care plan starting in 2018 — one of several changes s...
Obamacare Expansion A Bumpy Ride For Rural Health Clinics
A network of clinics that serves low-income patients in rural Northern California is finally finding balance after being deluged with newly insured pa...
Two Insurance Giants Planning To Jump Into California’s Medicaid Market
Two of the nation’s largest insurers are reaching out to doctors as they prepare to offer health coverage to low-income residents in California’s ...
A Chat With The Head Of California’s Doctor Lobby
The California Medical Association, which represents about 41,000 doctors, has been at the heart of health care deliberations in Sacramento for decade...
Feds Urge State Medicaid Programs To Boost Use Of Long-Acting Contraceptives
The federal government, which spends billions of dollars each year covering unintended pregnancies, is encouraging states to adopt policies that help...
Hospital Workers Union Pulls California Ballot Measure On Hospital Exec Pay
A powerful hospital workers union has been forced to withdraw a proposed measure that would have capped the pay of California hospital executives, eve...
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...