Latest California Healthline Stories
Contra Costa County Decision To Restrict Care to Undocumented Immigrants Raises Concerns
The county’s health director William Walker, Neil Jayasekera of the county regional medical center, Sonal Ambegaoker of the National Immigration Law Center and Carmella Castellano-Garcia of the California Primary Care Association discussed the decision.
Report Foresees Dramatic Rise in Alzheimer’s Disease Over Next Two Decades in California
Debra Cherry of the Alzheimer’s Association, Linda Hewett of UCSF’s Alzheimer’s and Memory Center, Patrick Fox of the Institute for Health & Aging at UCSF’s School of Nursing and Linda Rudolph of the state’s Center for Chronic Disease Prevention discussed the trend.
Republican Sen. Aanestad Puts Forward Market-Based Plan To Rework Health Care in California
Linda Halderman, senior policy adviser for Sen. Sam Aanestad, John Graham of the Pacific Research Institute, Assembly member Dave Jones and Anthony Wright of Health Access discussed the legislation with California Healthline.
New Law in California Raises the Bar for Interpretation Services in Medical Settings
Lisa Diamond of Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute; Alicia Fernandez of UC-San Francisco; Gloria Garcia-Orme of S.F. General; Anmol Mahal, a past president of CMA; Lynne Randolph of the state DMHC; and Ben Singer of Anthem BlueCross discussed the law with California Healthline.
California Public Hospitals See Major Influx of Patients as Recession, Job Losses Continue
William Jensen of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Melissa Stafford Jones of the California Association of Public Hospitals, Kim Roberts of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System and Anthony Wright of Health Access discussed the trend with California Healthline.
California’s Online Hospital Mortality Rate Report Card Aims To Boost Quality of Care
Jan Emerson of the California Hospital Association, Don Goldmann of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Joseph Parker of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development discussed the state’s new report card on hospital mortality rates.
L.A. County Supervisors Want Nursing Homes To Publicly Display Federal Quality Ratings
Tony Bell, spokesperson for L.A. Supervisor Antonovich, Jack Cheevers of CMS, Mary Jann of the California Association of Health Facilities, and Patricia McGinnis of the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform discussed the proposal.
Licensing Boards in California Step Up Criminal Background Checks for Health Care Workers
Deborah Burger of the California Nurses Association, Dean Chalios of the California Dental Association, Luis Farias of the Department of Consumer Affairs and Julianne D’Angelo Fellmeth of the Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego discussed the effort.
New Laws in California Set Sights on Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
State Sen. Elaine Alquist and Kathleen Billingsley, deputy director of the state Department of Public Health’s Center for Health Care Quality, talked with California Healthline about two new laws aimed at curbing hospital-acquired infections.
Cash Infusion From First 5 California Keeps Enrollment Open for Healthy Families Program
Lesley Cummings of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, Wendy Lazarus of the Children’s Partnership and Kris Perry of First 5 California talked to California Healthline about creative financing to keep Healthy Families up and running.