April Dembosky, KQED

‘Time’s Up’: Covered California To Enforce Quality And Safety Targets

Starting in less than two years, if state hospitals haven’t met targets for performance of C-sections, medical imaging and opioid prescription, they’ll risk being excluded from the “in-network” designation of health plans sold on the state’s insurance exchange.

Docs Worry There’s ‘Nowhere To Send’ New And Expectant Moms With Depression

California’s legislature will soon take up a bill that would require doctors to screen pregnant women and new mothers for mental health problems. Many doctors oppose the idea, and laws elsewhere haven’t increased the number of moms treated.