Latest California Healthline Stories
Two Democratic Lawmakers Work To Bring Universal Health Care To California
State Sens. Ricardo Lara and Toni Atkins of San Diego want to implement a system that could be replicated across the nation.
26 Doctors, Medical Professionals Facing Charges In Wide-Ranging Kickback Scheme
The charges allege Tanya and Christopher King, deemed as the masterminds of the scheme, recruited physicians who treated workers’ compensation patients and gave them financial incentives to prescribe unnecessary tests and treatments.
California Fines Hospital For Mistakenly Removing Patient’s Ovaries
In total, 14 California hospitals are facing fines for incidents that caused injury or death.
Preliminary Filings From Insurers Give Hint Of Things To Come For ACA Marketplaces
As deadlines loom for announcing 2018 plans, all eyes are on which insurers will stay in the exchanges. But, with the fate of subsidies still up in the air and possibly tied to the spending bill, the future is just as uncertain for the companies themselves.
‘I Changed In A Bad Way’: Post-Election Anxiety Hitting Kids Hard
Pediatricians are seeing an uptick of patients with shortness of breath and other psychical symptoms of anxiety.
Protein Found In Umbilical Cord Could Hold Key To Rejuvenating Memory Center In Brain
In a study, cold blood improved the performance of aged mice as they engaged in memory and learning tasks, such as maze-running and fear-conditioning exercises.
Oxnard VA Clinic’s Wait Times Show Improvement
A year ago, the clinic was identified in a congressional hearing by U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) as being one of the worst in the country at making appointments within 30 days.
In Ambitious Health Data Project, Researchers Happily Trade ‘Moonshots’ For Day-To-Day Drudgery
Verily Life Sciences, formerly Google Life Sciences, is launching its initiative to collect information on 10,000 volunteers to create a baseline of health for the population. But, despite the scope of the project, those running it say they have their feet firmly planted on the ground and in reality.
Hospitals’ Chargemasters Coming Under Increasing Scrutiny As Costs Skyrocket
The chargemaster, a list detailing the official rate charged by a hospital for individual procedures, services and goods, is often kept in relative secrecy and is not regulated.
Patient Files Lawsuit Over Dignity Health Hospital Denying Him Hysterectomy
“It devastated me, and I don’t want it to affect my transgender brothers and sisters the way it affected me,” Evan Michael Minton said Tuesday. “No one should have to go through that.”