Latest California Healthline Stories
California Turns a Corner in Effort To Regain Prison Health Care Oversight
California’s correctional spending is increasing, but higher costs could be offset as the state’s prison population simultaneously shrinks, bringing the state closer to regaining control of its prison health care system, according to a new report.
Scope of Practice Legislation To Fight Another Day
None of the four bills proposing expanded scopes of practice for health care providers in California this year made it the governor’s desk. At least one state legislator vows to keep trying.
How Navigators Plan To Insure the Remaining Uninsured
With the Affordable Care Act’s third open enrollment period less than one month away, the latest batch of navigators are ramping up to help consumers sign up for health insurance. Website glitches and poor coordination previously hampered enrollment efforts, but the biggest challenge this time is much more fundamental: helping consumers understand the law.
State Takes Steps To Curb Overmedication of Foster Children — Is It Enough?
Former foster child Shanequa Arrington, state Sen. Jim Beall, public health nurse Susan Bullard, Bill Grimm and Anna Johnson of the National Center for Youth Law, Cathy Senderling-McDonald of the California Welfare Directors Association and Mike Wofford of the state Department of Health Care Services spoke with California Healthline about the possible over-prescribing of psychotropic and antipsychotic medication for foster children in California.
Covered California Fixes Gap in Coverage for Pregnant Women
California’s insurance exchange this week added a new program officials hope will fill a void in coverage for middle-income pregnant women.
Pregnant And Uninsured? You Have Options.
Did you recently have or adopt a baby, get married, or move to California from another state? Perhaps you lost your job – and your health insurance with it. These are some of life’s common events that trigger special health insurance enrollment opportunities, which allow you to buy or switch plans outside of limited open […]
Health 2.0 Confronts Entrenched Health Challenges
At the 9th annual Health 2.0 conference last week in Santa Clara, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked about how “technology can actually help us tackle so many problems in health that we see as insurmountable.”
Vaccinations for Day Care Workers, CCS Extension Among Avalanche of Signings
Gov. Brown signed and vetoed dozens of health-related bills in the last two days before the signing deadline, including some lesser-known legislation along with the big-ticket items.
Big Day for Health-Related Bills
The governor signed a slew of health bills yesterday, including a measure requiring insurers to issue up-to-date provider directories.
CIRM’s New Stem Cell Bank Up, Running
California’s taxpayer-supported stem cell agency opened the door to the world’s largest public stem cell bank last month, moving closer to the goal of new treatments and cures through regenerative medicine.