Latest California Healthline Stories
Healthy Families Transition Concerns Heightened as Most Difficult Phases Start
The third and fourth phases of the Healthy Families transition — potentially the most difficult phases — begin this month amid questions about continuity of care and a lingering dispute over autism services.
Many Middle-Aged Residents Lost Health Coverage During Recession
More middle-aged Californians lost health insurance coverage between 2007 and 2009 than any other group, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
‘Churning’: The Latest Watchword for States Working on Health Reform
States are working to reduce “churning” — which happens when income changes cause individuals to shift in and out of health insurance programs. In California, officials do not have a firm strategy to prevent such cycling, but a bill before the governor would address the problem.
State Helps Providers Navigate New Immunization Web Exchange Portal
State health officials staged a webinar yesterday helping California health care providers navigate a new electronic immunization registry, one of the steps in the federal incentive program aimed at achieving meaningful use of electronic health records.
Help! What Can Obamacare Do For Me Now?
Q: I am a married, 62-year-old female unable to obtain health insurance. I am retired and financially comfortable and in general good health. My husband is on Medicare/Anthem Blue Cross supplemental, so he is taken care of. Who can I contact by phone to walk me through the process correctly? I have had several insurance […]
Effort To Move Patient Data Online May Spur a More Efficient, Affordable Network
Health information experts gathered in Santa Rosa last week to work on an IT network to help physicians coordinate care, drive down costs and reduce unnecessary procedures.
California Businesses Welcome ACA Delay
California’s business community welcomed a one-year delay for an Affordable Care Act provision requiring large employers to provide health insurance for workers.
State Has Paid More Than $1 Million in Penalties for Late Hearings; Total Will Rise
A delay in about 1,000 appeal hearings for an adult day health care program has resulted in California paying more than $1 million in penalties so far, and the total could rise significantly. Fewer than half of the appellants due payment have received compensation.
Will ACOs Pave the Path to Reform?
Accountable care organizations will play a central role in health care reform, according to experts at a forum last week in San Francisco.
California Behind National Scope-of-Practice Curve, Nurse Practitioners Say
California regulations governing nurse practitioners are considered among “the most restrictive in the country,” according to a national trade group. The group is lobbying legislators in states weighing their scope-of-practice rules for non-physicians.