A protest Wednesday at the Capitol Building will highlight proposed legislation to reverse cuts to Medi-Cal provider rates. In 2011 during a bleak bud...
Flurry of Bills Before Legislative Deadline
The deadline is Friday for introducing bills in the California Legislature. Several health-related bills have gotten in under the wire in Sacramento...
Superbug Outbreak Highlights Hospital Infection Concerns Across U.S.
An outbreak of a potentially deadly bacterial infection at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center that was linked to medical endoscopes has highlig...
LAO Report: State Could Lose $1 Billion
California stands to lose about $1 billion in federal health care funding through potential elimination of the current managed care organization tax i...
DPH Fines 10 California Hospitals $700K for Adverse Events
On Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health announced that it has fined 10 hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical errors ...
Patient Satisfaction Among Low-Income Patients on the Rise, Survey Says
More than half of Medi-Cal and other low-income patients rated their care as very good or excellent, a gain of about five percentage points from 2011 ...
Analyst's Office Cites 'Shortcomings' in Mental Health Hospitals' Administration
The Legislative Analyst’s Office found a number of budgeting inefficiencies and question marks about policies and procedures in its evaluation o...