Latest California Healthline Stories
One Medical Group Acquires Nutrition App Rise For $20 Million
The San Francisco primary care medical group will buy the coaching platform that aims to help consumers lose weight, managing health conditions or find healthy food options. In other health IT news, a team in Sonoma County has developed an implant to relieve chronic back pain.
Dignity, GoHealth To Open Northern California Urgent Care Centers In Joint Venture
The joint company in California will be equally owned by urgent-care developer GoHealth and Dignity. The fragmented urgent-care market is drawing significant attention from providers and investors. In other news, bond measures to pay for hospitals that will hold up in earthquakes go on the ballot.
After Allegations Of Improper Insurance Sales Practices, Zenefits CEO Resigns
The head of the digital health startup came under fire after a series of investigations found the company may have not complied with some regulations on insurance sales.
California One Of Eight States To See Significant Decrease In Uninsured
The eight states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and New York — with statistically significant coverage gains in the National Health Interview Survey represent a political grab bag.
California Legislature Unveils Health Plan Tax Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown has been working with insurers for months to establish a proposal, and a spokeswoman for the governor says the legislature’s bill “reflects the administration’s proposal.”
In Midst Of Furor Over High Drug Prices, Pharma Industry Aims To Flip Script With New Ads
Many of the ads, aimed at lawmakers and other influencers, feature patients who have been helped by new medicines and company scientists working on drug development. In other national news, as millennials become a larger percentage of patients, the “instant gratification generation” could change everything about health care, and the Los Angeles Times looks at why it took so long for the FDA to warn the public about the dirty scopes that caused dozens of patients to get sick.
At Debate, Republican Health Care Claims Ring False
“The insurance companies are getting rich on Obamacare,” Donald Trump said while insurers say they are struggling under the Affordable Care Act. The Associated Press looks at this and other claims made by the candidates. Meanwhile, Ohio Gov. John Kasich may not tout his anti-abortion bona fides, but he has shuttered half of his state’s clinics. And Hillary Clinton labels Marco Rubio’s attacks on her abortion position as “pathetic.”
The Walker Gets A Makeover: San Diego Company Offers Upright Design
The LifeWalker allows users to look straight ahead rather than at the ground, the company says. In other health technology news, more Internet-connected medical devices are coming to the market.
Porter Ranch Residents’ Health Concerns Linger Over Thought Of Returning Home
The Southern California Gas Co. says the gases being released now will not affect residents’ health, but families who were uprooted are not so sure they believe that.
After Mild Start To Flu Season, Experts Warn Peak Has Yet To Come
Although data show fewer flu cases and related deaths, public health officials say it’s because last year’s flu peaked earlier. This one is likely to reach its height in February.