Latest California Healthline Stories
Wall Street Journal Examines Proposal To Require Medicare Coverage of Tests for Aneurysms
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined plans for a bill that would require Medicare to cover tests for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Trustees Prepare To Sell Santa Paula Memorial Hospital
At a hearing in Santa Paula Memorial Hospital’s bankruptcy case last week, hospital trustees said that they plan to offer Santa Paula Memorial and its property for general sale in less than 90 days unless a party steps forward to reopen the hospital, the Ventura County Star reports.
U.S., Local Officials Address Problems at King/Drew Medical Center
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.) “summoned a cadre of health officials” to meet at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center and explain their plans to correct problems at the hospital, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Issues for One-Third of U.S. Farmers Without Health Insurance Examined
The Wilmington News Journal/USA Today on Tuesday examined the 32% of farmers who do not have health insurance.
FDA Issues Public Health Advisory for New Warnings on Antidepressants
FDA on Monday issued a public health advisory that calls for new warning labels on antidepressants and improved efforts to monitor patients who take such medications, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday examined a “brewing dispute” in Los Angeles County over a proposal to improve efforts to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men at bathhouses and sex clubs.
Software developer Cerner last week filed a lawsuit against Orange County to prevent the release of contract information for a medical records and billing system that the company is developing for the county Health Care Agency, the Orange County Register reports.
Los Angeles Times Examines Medi-Cal Fraud for Adult Incontinence Products
The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday examined how fraud related to Medi-Cal coverage of adult incontinence products “helps to illustrate why controlling spending for health care remains such a challenge.”