Latest California Healthline Stories
Retail Clinic Growth Sparks New Partnership in San Diego
As full implementation of the Affordable Care Act fast approaches and concerns over primary care shortages grow, a new partnership in San Diego illustrates California’s growing reliance on retail clinics to increase access to health care.
State Gearing Up for Public Education Campaign Targeting Latinos
Next month, thousands of outreach workers will hit the streets to spread the word about Covered California with a special focus on Latino communities. The state needs young, healthy people to participate in the health insurance exchange to keep costs down.
New Budget Makes ‘Major Change’ to Lanterman Act, Autism Policy
An obscure provision of the state budget bill could limit California families from receiving a specific kind of autism treatment because of what some are calling the first major revision of the Lanterman Act since the landmark disability law was passed in 1969.
California Budget Puts Some Health Care Issues on Hold
State Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, considered a champion in many health care camps, acknowledged this year’s state budget fell short in a couple health care arenas, but he said the plan puts the state in a good position to increase health care spending in the future.
Medi-Cal Dental Coverage Partially Restored
Northern California leaders of the campaign to restore dental coverage for adult Medi-Cal beneficiaries consider this week’s budget agreement between the governor and legislative leaders a partial victory.
Public Health Agencies Under Pressure To Curb Growing Valley Fever Threat
Robert Levin of the Ventura County Public Health Department and George Rutherford of UC-San Francisco spoke with California Healthline about the growing concern among state and federal officials over the spread of valley fever in California.
Background Check Bill May Affect Exchange Deadline
One of two bills detailing how the state should go about hiring some 20,000 new health care reform workers is generating some controversy, which worries Covered California officials who have deadlines to meet.
Another Arrow in the Quiver for Attempt To Reverse Medi-Cal Cut
After a series of setbacks — legislative and legal — options have dwindled for provider groups trying to reverse a 10% Medi-Cal reimbursement cut. Attention has turned now toward getting the Legislature to include a reversal in the next budget proposal.
Agricultural Giant Takes Lead in Keeping Workers Healthy
Paramount Agribusinesses, a large fruit and nut grower in the Central Valley, offers no-cost primary health care to its employees and their families in an effort to increase productivity and improve the health of workers.
‘Free Data’ Movement Gets Boost From Big Conference
The future is bright for real-life, real-time projects based on open-source health data, according to experts who gathered in San Francisco last week for the Healthy Communities Data Summit.