Bill Regulating Oversight Of Dialysis Centers Sidelined For The Year
The measure would have required dialysis centers to provide one nurse for every eight patients and one technician for every three patients, among other new standards.
Sacramento Bee:
California Dialysis Center Bill Shelved For The Year
Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, introduced Senate Bill 349 earlier this year at the behest of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West. ... The measure would have required dialysis centers to provide one nurse for every eight patients and one technician for every three patients, among other new standards. (Luna, 9/8)
Capital Public Radio:
Bill To Set Rules On Dialysis Clinics Shelved For The Year
Mark Shapiro, a San Diego area kidney specialist, told Capital Public Radio the bill would have imposed arbitrary and disruptive rules on the growing industry that serves more than 60,000 patients in California. Shapiro said the bill would “simply cripple the ability of our dialysis clinics to provide care to patients. It takes away the ability to customize dialysis care.” (Nichols, 9/8)
In other news from Sacramento —
San Jose Mercury News:
Fate Of Controversial California Drug Price Transparency Bill Up In Air
Senate Bill 17’s goal of moving toward “transparency” in drug prices would enable health insurers to negotiate lower prices for drugs or, in many cases, replace those drugs with cheaper alternatives, its supporters say. They argue that the measure could make a huge difference because when California has required cost transparency in other areas of the health care industry, prices have stabilized or even decreased. (Seipel, 9/8)