Latest California Healthline Stories
Medi-Cal Officials Hope Enrollees Aren’t Confused by Exchange Renewal Notices
Covered California has started its big push to get people to renew coverage, but those notices have nothing to do with Medi-Cal, officials say.
New Los Angeles Program Working To Divert Mentally Ill, Homeless From Jail
Replicating a model already delivering impressive results in other metropolitan areas, Los Angeles County has implemented an innovative, cost-cutting jail diversion and alternate sentencing program for the chronically homeless and seriously mentally ill.
Covered California Pushes for Renewals
Covered California launched its campaign to get the 1.1 million Californians who have health insurance through the exchange to sign up again.
New UCLA Telehealth Program Part of National Trend
LiveHealthOnline, which allows patients to connect with UCLA Health System physicians through smart phones, tablets and computers, is part of a growing telehealth trend.
State Unveils Health Plan Report Cards
Release of health plan and medical group ratings for consumers was moved up to coincide with Covered California open enrollment, due to start next month.
UCLA Study Shows Why One of the Biggest Obamacare Fears May Not Come To Pass
California’s Low Income Health Plan ended nearly a year ago. But UCLA researchers think the state’s early Medi-Cal expansion can inform how we think about Obamacare implementation — and emergency department use, in particular.
UCLA Plans Behavioral Health Center
A new research center in Los Angeles plans to focus on bringing mental health research work to real-life programs and public policy — the urban version of a similar new facility at UC-Davis.
Sale of Six Hospitals to Prime Advances; Next Stop, Attorney General’s Office
Despite ongoing protests, officials at not-for-profit Daughters of Charity Health System said last week the sale of six safety-net hospitals to for-profit Prime Healthcare will move forward.
State Health Policy Leaders Examine Reform Landscape
More than 600 state health policy leaders from all 50 states convened last week in Atlanta to discuss new ideas rising to the surface at the beginning of the Affordable Care Act era.
Primary Care Providers Finding New Ways To Connect Patients With Specialists
Connecting patients with specialists in California can be handled in innovative ways, according to providers who told tales of new techniques at an annual primary care conference in Sacramento.