Latest California Healthline Stories
Kaiser-Target Partnership Sign of Times
The growing influence of the patient as a consumer is pushing health care organizations to try new ways to provide care. A new partnership in San Diego between Kaiser Permanente and Target illustrates that retail clinics play a growing role in meeting consumer expectations.
Legislature’s Turn To Consider Open Data
California legislators are considering four open data bills that could have a significant effect on how health data is disseminated and shared in California. The bills come on the heels of Gov. Brown’s administration embracing open data in health care last month.
Patching County Safety Nets While Working for Statewide Coverage for Uninsured
Health Access and the California Endowment highlighted progress in five counties as part of their campaign to provide health coverage for an estimated three million Californians still without health insurance.
Bicycle Helmet Mandate Bill Language Softened To Call for Study
Responding to widespread opposition saying bicycle helmets aren’t the best way to protect public safety, a bill in the California Legislature originally calling for all riders to wear them now calls for a statewide study.
Rural School-Based Health Centers Increasing in Central Valley
Partially in response to changes in the Affordable Care Act, Livingston High School will be the first school in Merced County to open an on-site community clinic.
California Seeks Federal Waiver Fund To House Homeless Medi-Cal Patients
Meredith Berkson of the Ocean Park Community Center in Santa Monica, Hannah Katch of the California Department of Health Care Services and Sharon Rapport of the Corporation for Supportive Housing spoke with California Healthline about the housing component in the recently submitted $17 billion 1115 federal waiver request.
Doctor Strike May Be Harbinger of Reform Era Labor Problems
A strike this week by physicians at all 10 University of California student health centers could foreshadow more labor problems in an evolving health care system, according to union officials.
Bill Melds Health Reform Goal With Shift in California Workers’ Comp System
A bill in the California Legislature seeks to provide health care for farm workers by redirecting money from the state’s $15 billion workers compensation system.
If Calif. Ends Coordinated Care Initiative, What Happens to Frail Senior Duals?
If state officials halt the duals demonstration project in January 2016, the move could jeopardize the transition to managed care for thousands of frail, elderly Californians in the Multipurpose Senior Services Program.
Challenged in Court, Killed in Legislature, Drug Take-Back Taking Root in Counties
San Francisco supervisors this month unanimously approved an ordinance requiring drugmakers to pay for and administer a program to dispose of unused and expired drugs. The idea, rejected last year by the state Legislature, is being challenged in U.S. Supreme Court.