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Plan To Switch Eligibility IT Systems OK’d
The Senate health committee approved a proposal to change the information technology system the state uses to enroll Medi-Cal beneficiaries, a change that could have far-reaching impacts.
Senate Bill To Alter Exchange Board Gets Altered, Passes Committee
A bill to increase cultural competency among Covered California board members moved out of committee one week after it appeared to be defeated.
L.A. County’s Remaining Uninsured Bound for a Medical Home
With more than one million Los Angeles County residents still lacking health insurance, a new iteration of the Healthy Way L.A. program launches in September to provide coverage for those left out of health reform changes.
Panel OKs Bill To Cover Undocumented
A plan to provide health coverage for undocumented Californians took a big step forward yesterday with approval from the Senate health committee. A major question — how to pay for it — remains unanswered.
It’s Been Four Years. Has Obamacare Improved Health Care Yet?
The Affordable Care Act has led to expanded health coverage and may have slowed down cost growth, too. But the jury’s still out on whether the nation’s major health reform is actually improving the nation’s health.
Committee OKs Pricing Transparency Bill
The Assembly health committee yesterday approved a bill to establish an all-payer claims database in California, a move toward what one expert called the ‘missing piece’ of health care reform — pricing transparency.
Cost Containment Bill Goes Down
A Senate proposal to limit in-office physician referrals failed in committee yesterday. The bill was aimed at cost containment, according to its author, Sen. Ed Hernandez.
Exchange Success Helps Nudge First Budget Near a Half-Billion Dollars
Those 1.2 million exchange enrollees came at a price. Covered California ran quite a bit over budget this year in part because of the tremendous success of exchange and Medi-Cal enrollment efforts.
Emotions Run High Over Senate Bill To Restructure Exchange Board
A Senate committee came close last week to rejecting a bill to expand the size of the Covered California board of directors even though the measure didn’t have official opposition.
Bills To Raise Medi-Cal Provider Rates Unanimously Pass First Hurdle
A bill to increase Medi-Cal primary care provider rates to Medicare reimbursement levels was unanimously approved by the Assembly Health Committee this week. A companion bill reversing cuts in Medi-Cal payments also passed unanimously.