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Hospital To Address Need For Children’s Mental Health Services With New Facility
The center will be a part of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and is expected to open by early 2018.
Innovation In Health Industry Will Come From Middle America, Silicon Valley Investor Says
While Silicon Valley will play a role in the coming years, Steve Case, an AOL co-founder-turned-health care executive and investor, says he’s also watching places like Pittsburgh and Nashville.
Hospitals May Lose Medicare Funds Because Of Infection Rates
County hospitals in Ventura and Santa Paula have ranked in the lowest 25 percent in the nation in terms of fighting hospital-acquired infections.
Republicans Propose Sinking $200M Into Fixing ‘Broken’ Denti-Cal System
Many patients struggle to find dentists who will take their coverage because the state’s reimbursement rates are so low. The new funds would go toward attracting dentists to participate in the program.
Kern County Facing An STD Crisis
The county has some of the worst rankings in the state on STDs.
Women Are Opting For Mastectomies Even When Not Necessary
And doctors are troubled by the numbers.
Dignity Health Mulls Adding Teaching Hospital To System
The talks are still in preliminary stages, but Dignity Health’s CFO says having an academic medical center on board would improve the system’s performance.
Drugmakers’ ‘Predatory’ Pricing Model Slammed In Congressional Committee Report
The report from the Senate Aging Committee presents four case studies and identifies what are described as five “essential elements” of the business models used by drugmakers to exploit the market for their medicines: price gouging, a sole-source supply, the “gold standard,” a small market and a closed distribution system.
‘Doomsday’ Predictions Wrong, HHS Says As Enrollment Numbers Jump To 6.4M
There are about 400,000 more customers than there were at the same point last year, despite the threat of Republicans dismantling the law.
Health Law Repeal Would Cost State More Than 200,000 Jobs
Meanwhile, if the law is repealed without a replacement plan, California’s uninsured population will increase by 4.1 million people.