Latest California Healthline Stories
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula To Cease Providing Home Health Care Services
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula officials on Tuesday announced that they are discontinuing the facility’s home health care service, which provides in-home treatment to about 170 patients daily, the Monterey County Herald reports.
New York Times Examines Implications of New Medicare Obesity Policy
The New York Times on Sunday examined how a new Medicare policy on coverage for obesity treatments “may transform the weight-loss field by providing, for the first time, reliable data on methods for losing weight.”
The Hartford Courant on Monday examined the health care plans proposed by President Bush and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) and the “key question: Will either plan matter on Election Day?”
Brown Will Not Run for Insurance Commissioner; Garamendi To Run for Lieutenant Governor in 2006
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) on Sunday said that although he filed papers to run for insurance commissioner in 2006, he does not plan to run for elected office again and wants to become the host of a television show, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Tenet Healthcare Completes Sale of Redding Medical Center to Hospital Partners of America
Officials for Santa Barbara-based Tenet Healthcare on Friday announced that the company has completed a $55 million sale of Redding Medical Center to North Carolina-based Hospital Partners of America, a move that marks the “first time a company agreed to sell a hospital to keep federal health funding,” the Sacramento Bee reports.
USA Today Examines Lawsuits Target Billing Practices at Not-for-Profit Hospitals
USA Today, on Monday examined a “flurry of lawsuits” against not-for-profit hospitals that accuse the facilities of “act[ing] more like for-profit entities than tax-exempt charities.”
Study Ranks El Dorado County Highly for Residents Health Status But Recommends Improvements
El Dorado County residents’ health status “compares favorably” with residents in the rest of the state and neighboring counties, but improvements are recommended in access to care and other issues, according to the county’s “Measuring Our Health: the Health Status of El Dorado County, 2004” report, the Sacramento Bee reports.
International HIV/AIDS Conference Focuses on Politics of Prescription Drug Access
The XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, which ended Friday, focused on the “politics” of increasing access to antiretroviral drugs for people in the developing world, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports.
Wall Street Journal Examines Obstacles for FDA Tobacco Regulation Legislation
The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined obstacles for legislation included in a Senate-passed corporate tax relief bill (HR 4520) that would allow FDA to regulate the manufacture, promotion and sale of tobacco products.
Former San Francisco Mayor Brown Files To Run for Insurance Commissioner
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) on Thursday filed papers in Sacramento to run for state insurance commissioner in 2006, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.