Latest California Healthline Stories
New Report Highlights Needs of California’s Residually Uninsured Residents
A new report by Health Access says care for the uninsured varies markedly in California as a deadline approaches for counties to decide how they’re going to handle indigent care.
3 Projects Push Personal Health Records
Three pilot projects from the state’s Office of Health Information Integrity are aimed at giving Californians access to their personal health information.
Seniors Seek Strategic Plan on Aging
High on the Senior Legislature’s agenda for next year — hammered out during the group’s annual four-day meeting last week — is a strategic plan to deal with California’s aging population.
New Map Shows Health Technology Reach
Use of health information technology is expanding rapidly in California, according to a new map released yesterday showing the status of health information exchange in each of the state’s 58 counties.
Rural Medi-Cal Managed Care Effort Begins
Medi-Cal managed care coverage has spread to 28 rural counties, completing the state’s goal of launching managed care plans in all 58 California counties before Jan. 1, 2014.
Insurance Broker Wants To Be in Exchange
Several prominent legislators are supporting a push by a Web-based health insurance broker to be included in the state’s health benefit exchange enrollment effort.
Opening Month Numbers Indicate Intense Interest in Calif. Exchange
The first month of the exchange is wrapping up — with more than two million Web inquiries and more than 200,000 phone discussions about health coverage through Covered California.
Assembly Member Urges Senate to Create New Committee on Aging, Long-Term Care
Assembly member Mariko Yamada (D-Davis), named Legislator of the Year by the Senior Legislature yesterday, is urging the state Senate to form a subcommittee on aging and long-term care.
Autism Advocates Disagree With Rosy Assessment of Healthy Families Transition
The Department of Health Care Services director’s assessment that the transition of 860,000 children from Healthy Families to Medi-Cal managed care has gone pretty well drew a strong response from autism advocates.
Exchange Wants Covered California Days
Every California citizen needs health coverage and every California city needs a day to celebrate that, according to a new plan from the state’s health benefit exchange.