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Officials learned Hornblower Yachts and its affiliate Alcatraz Cruises inappropriately denied benefits for seasonal employees who worked 20 hours or more a week and failed to offer employees working 20 hours or more a week a health plan at no premium charge.
The new registry will include the centers’ addresses, details of services provided and accepted methods of payment for each location; the identity of each owner, director, partner and officer; and the identity of each affiliated entity and affiliated facility.
Vatican Greenlights Merger Between Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health
The archbishops of Denver and San Francisco, where CHI and Dignity, respectively, are headquartered, previously had signed off. But their OK was dependent on Vatican approval, which was uncertain.
State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Huntington Park, Long Beach, is running against Steve Poizner, a former Republican turned independent. While the office holds broad authority over policies regulating homes, businesses and cars, it does not wield much authority over health insurance.
California Claims Judge Who Rules On Coffee Cancer Warning Is Biased
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on Monday filed a request to disqualify Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle.
California’s population of immigrants who do not qualify for plans under the health law could make it difficult to get the uninsured number any lower
Democrats have been sounding warnings about the potential threat to preexisting conditions coverage on the trail for months. Now some Republicans are trying to get ahead of the issue through ads including family members with health problems. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump goes after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare For All” plan.
The rule, which is part of President Donald Trump’s blueprint to rein in high drug costs, sparked immediate push back from pharmaceutical companies. Beyond the industry, experts are skeptical that the regulation would do anything to bring down prices and may confuse patients because consumers often don’t pay the list price for medications.
UCSF To Pay $150K To Settle Sexual Harassment Suit Involving Tobacco Researcher
In the lawsuit, Dr. Eunice Neeley claimed that her supervisor Stanton Glantz, the director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, sexually harassed her and that he refused to include her name on a research paper.
Doctors Said He Had The Flu. In Reality, He Had Flea-Borne Typhus.
Tom Sachs is one of about 60 reported people who have contracted flea-borne typhus this year, an outbreak that reflects an increasing trend in typhus cases since 2009. The symptoms of the sickness are very similar to the flu.