Latest California Healthline Stories
Funding Crunch Could Stall Progress on Emergency Preparedness in California
Leigh Hall of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Mark Horton of the state Department of Public Health and Jeff Levi of the Trust for America’s Health spoke with California Healthline about funding for disaster preparedness.
Proposed Changes in Medicaid Rules Could Cost California Millions in Federal Funding
Officials from CMS, Medi-Cal, the hospital industry and patient advocacy groups spoke with California Healthline about how proposed changes to federal Medicaid rules could affect hospitals, patients and the state budget.
Study: California To Face Critical Shortage of Allied Health Care Workers by 2020
Abdi Soltani of the Campaign for College Opportunity, Jose Millan of the community college system and Marilyn Chow of Kaiser Permanente spoke with California Healthline about the lack of allied health workers and what can be done about it.
New Laws Aim To Build State’s Cord Blood Supply Through Public Donations, Education
Assembly member Anthony Portantino, Burt Lubin of the National Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation and David Carmel of Stemcyte spoke with California Healthline about new state laws on umbilical cord blood collection.
HMOs Make Few Gains in Patient Care in Annual State Report Card for Consumers
John Zweifler of the Office of the Patient Advocate and representatives from Aetna, the California Medical Association and Health Access spoke with California Healthline about OPA’s latest Healthcare Quality Report Card.
Moving Beyond Health Insurance Debate, San Francisco Strives for Universal Access
Tangerine Brigham of the Healthy San Francisco program and Stephen Shortell of the UC-Berkeley School of Public Health discussed San Francisco’s attempt to ensure universal access to health care services.
California Looks to Nursing Schools in Mexico To Help Boost Supply of Nurses
Paul Feist of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency; Linda Ngay of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California; and Debra Berger of the California Nurses Association discussed the proposed program.
Waiting on Health Care Reform, Counties Struggle To Fund Kids’ Health Programs
Wendy Lazarus of the Children’s Partnership and Janie Tyre of the Santa Clara Family Health Plan spoke with California Healthline about the push for increased public funding of the state’s Children’s Health Initiatives.
Largest Physician Group in California Seen as National Leader on Price Transparency
The CFO of HealthCare Partners Medical Group and Donald Crane of the California Association of Physicians Groups spoke with California Healthline about HealthCare Partners’ decision to post prices for some services online.
German Health Care Overhaul Offers Lessons for Policymakers in California Reform Debate
What does universal coverage in Germany have to do with the debate over health care reform in California? California Healthline spoke with German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt about the similarities.