Latest California Healthline Stories
Dementia Patients Work With Horses In Program To Help Improve Demeanor
“Horses have this innate ability to sense nonverbal communication and mirror it back,” says Paula Hertel, the creator of the study that led to the program. “Participants learn from that — they look at what the horses are doing and they modify their behavior and learn how to work with a horse.”
California’s Skyrocketing STD Rates Concern Public Health Officials
California’s rates are the worst they’ve been since the state started tracking the diseases back in 1990.
Hospital Receives $150K To Help Treat Children Affected By Dental Clinic Outbreak
The total number of children that have needed to be hospitalized has risen to 57.
Despite Health Care Costs Actually Slowing Down, Americans Still Feeling The Pinch
Although the rise in health insurance premiums moderated from 2010 to 2015, compared with the previous five years, wages did not keep pace with the increases so it still feels like a burden to many Americans.
Hospital Settles Patient-Dumping Case; Will Pay LA $450K
In the past three years, LA City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed similar lawsuits against several other hospitals and reached settlements in six of them, netting $3 million in fines and penalties.
California Marks 50 Years Of Medi-Cal
The program turns 50 right before voters go to the polls to decide whether to make permanent a hospital fee that helps to fund it.
Pharma Goes All In Against California’s Ballot Initiative To Curb Drug Prices
“We’re fighting that tooth and nail,” said John Lechleiter, chief executive officer of Eli Lilly & Co.
Obamacare Premiums To Spike 25% On Average, But HHS Says Subsidies, Shopping Will Help
The Obama administration says customers buying insurance from the exchanges will still be able to find plans for less than $100 a month with help from federal subsidies.
Man Convicted Of 19 Felonies Over Medicare Scheme
Authorities believe Hong “recruited” Medicare beneficiaries for massage and acupuncture treatments, even though those treatments aren’t eligible for reimbursement. Prosecutors allege that Hong’s clinics falsely claimed that the patients had received physical therapy.
Nearly 30 Percent Of Cancer Deaths Linked To Smoking
The report offers suggestions — such as implementing a higher cigarette tax — “to avert many more premature deaths.”