State Recognizes Strides Gold Coast Health Plan Has Made In Improving Quality Of Care For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries
Gold Coast said it showed improvement in 80 percent of the quality measures it reports to the state. “To move up 19 places is a remarkable achievement,” said Dr. Nancy Wharfield, Gold Coast’s chief medical officer.
Ventura County Star:
Gold Coast Health Plan Recognized For Improvement
Gold Coast Health Plan said it has been recognized by a state regulatory agency for its strides in improving health care quality for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The Managed Care Quality and Monitoring Division of the state Department of Health Care Services selected Gold Coast for its 2018 Overall Most Improved Award, based on performance across measures for which the division holds plans to minimum performance levels. (11/9)
In other news from across the state —
Orange County Register:
New Autism Treatment Center Opens In Costa Mesa
A new autism therapy center serving children, adolescents and young adults opened its doors in Costa Mesa Thursday, Nov. 8. This is the first autism treatment center in California owned and operated by Centria, a Michigan-based company that has 23 other centers nationwide, said Rick Loewenstein, chief strategy and growth officer. The center, he said, will focus on Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior. The goal of ABA therapy in autism is to increase behaviors that are more conducive to learning and development in real-world scenarios. (Bharath, 11/9)