DEPARTMENT OF MANAGED CARE: A Chat with the New ‘HMO Czar’
Responding to the frustrations of consumers and providers alike, the California Legislature recently created a new agency, the Department of Managed Health Care, to regulate HMOs. The new department was given more visibility, more staff and a larger budget than the Department of Corporations, the agency formerly in charge of HMO oversight. California Healthline's Jeff Stryker checks in with the new guy at the helm, Daniel Zingale.
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