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More Plans Setting Spending Limits For Some Medical Services
Posted on June 23, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Kaiser Health News Aiming to contain health care costs, a growing number of employers and insurers are adopting a strategy that limits how much they’ll pay for certain medical services such as knee replacements, lab tests and complex imaging. A recent study found that savings from such moves may be modest, however, and some […]
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Medical Costs Up To 20% Higher At Hospital-Owned Physician Groups, Study Finds
Posted on June 22, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Los Angeles Times Raising fresh questions about healthcare consolidation, a new study shows hospital ownership of physician groups in California led to 10% to 20% higher costs overall for patient care. The UC Berkeley research, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., illustrates the financial risks for employers, consumers and taxpayers […]
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Here to Stay: Why the New Republican Congress Can’t Gut Obamacare
Posted on June 19, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: NBC News Republicans may have promised to repeal or at least do a big makeover of Obamacare now that they control both the House and the Senate, but most experts believe it’s lip service only. The 2010 Affordable Care Act is in full force across the country, with internet-based health insurance exchanges up and […]
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Lawmakers Take Shot at Prime
Posted on June 18, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Victorville Daily Press, Gilroy Dispatch A contingency of 18 Democratic California lawmakers urged Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday to block the sale of six hospitals to Ontario-based Prime Healthcare, citing concerns that “under Prime, patient care and healthcare worker rights will suffer at these hospitals.” The letter from lawmakers to Harris refers to […]
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Medicare Doles Out $45B in Improper Payments
Posted on June 17, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: MSN Money It’s not news that the federal government has a serious issue with improper payments. During each of the last five years, agencies have doled out more than $100 billion in erroneous payments from various major benefit programs. Even knowing this, the problem only seems to be getting worse. The latest program to […]
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The Industrialization of Care: How Medical Care Is Being Corrupted
Posted on June 16, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: The New York Times WHEN we are patients, we want our doctors to make recommendations that are in our best interests as individuals. As physicians, we strive to do the same for our patients. But financial forces largely hidden from the public are beginning to corrupt care and undermine the bond of trust between […]
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Judge Won’t Stop L.A. County From Sending 91,000 Medi-Cal Cancellations
Posted on June 15, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: The Los Angeles Times More than 91,000 Medi-Cal recipients in Los Angeles County will be sent letters this week telling them that their state-supported healthcare coverage will end on Nov. 30. A judge this week refused to block the notices, even though health advocates argued that the letters lack important details that would help […]
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State’s Ballot Initiative Process Remade, and Both Parties Agree
Posted on June 12, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: San Francisco Chronicle After more than a century in California’s political spotlight, the state’s initiative process will be getting a major revise next year. Even more surprising, both Democrats and Republicans in the famously partisan Legislature are happy to see it happen. While Republicans made up most of the limited opposition when SB1253 made […]
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Calif. Medical Board To Investigate Drugmakers’ Payments to Doctors
Posted on June 11, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: CaliforniaHealthline Medical Board of California officials say they plan to investigate whether drugmakers’ payments have inappropriately influenced doctors who prescribe psychiatric medication to children in California’s foster care system, the San Jose Mercury News reports (de Sá, San Jose Mercury News, 11/24). Background A recent investigation found that drugmakers between 2010 and 2013 paid […]
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Coalitions Form To Get Slice of Budget
Posted on June 10, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: CaliforniaHealthline Two coalitions of health care providers, advocates and medical groups announced their formation in the past week and said they would try to ramp up pressure for a couple of key budget issues as the state budget talks intensify. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has until Friday to release his May revision of the […]
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