Latest California Healthline Stories
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Abortions Rose 16% In California From 2020-23: California’s abortion rate rose last year to its highest level in a decade as state legislation made it easier to get an abortion and thousands from other states sought medical care here, new data show. About 178,400 legal abortions were provided in 2023, up by about 24,000, or 16%, from 2020. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Hospital Gets Medicare Reprieve: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded its April 11 determination to terminate Modesto-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital's Medicare contract. CMS is giving the hospital until May 15 to submit an acceptable plan of correction. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Monday, May 6, 2024
Opioid Settlement Deal Has A Curious Twist: California announced a tentative settlement Friday with a pharmaceutical company over its alleged role in the opioid crisis — the same company Gov. Gavin Newsom is partnering with to produce lower-cost opioid overdose reversal drugs. That means the state could hand any funds it receives from the settlement right back to the company. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and CalMatters.
Daily Edition for Friday, May 3, 2024
Tuberculosis death, HIV drugs, ACA eligibility for ‘Dreamers,’ layoffs, mental health, disabilities, bird flu, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 2, 2024
Health insurance for immigrants, funeral settlement, youths’ climate change lawsuit, and more are in today’s news.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Raises for disability workers, food safety, mammograms, population growth, marijuana, hospital grades, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 30, 2024
California Will Provide Free Naloxone To Some Groups: Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California will soon purchase the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone for $24 a pack – about half the market price – and will provide it free to first responders, universities, and other qualifying groups. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Monday, April 29, 2024
Agent Orange, new hospital construction, ACA, insurance approvals, patient privacy, weight-loss medications, bird flu, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Friday, April 26, 2024
Data breach, 911 system crash, single-payer health care, bird flu, HIV, suicide, school nutrition, miscarriages, and more are in the news.
Daily Edition for Thursday, April 25, 2024
Starting Next Year, California Will Cap Annual Health Care Cost Increases: Doctors, hospitals, and health insurance companies in California will soon be limited to annual price increases. The 3% cap, approved Wednesday by the Health Care Affordability Board, will be phased in over five years, starting with 3.5% in 2025. Providers who don’t comply could face fines. Read more from AP.