Latest California Healthline Stories
Fiscal Cliff, Deals To Avoid It Worry Health Advocates
California health care advocates are worried about cutbacks under national budget sequestration. However, potential outcomes of a deal that would avoid the cuts concern some advocates even more.
After National and State Elections, California Health Care Stakeholders Look to the Future
Alex Briscoe of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Vanessa Cajina of the Western Center on Law and Poverty, State Controller John Chiang, Joe Lee of LifeLong Medical Care and William Walker of Contra Costa Health Services spoke with California Healthline about what the recent elections mean for health policy in California.
Diana Dooley on 2 Years of Budget Cuts, Controversy and Reform
Diana Dooley reflects on her first two years as California’s Health and Human Services secretary — a tumultuous period of deep budget cuts, county and state realignment, and the beginning of historic reforms.
Will Prop. 30 Move Government Away From ‘Fee-for-Service’?
California Health and Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley said voters’ approval of Proposition 30 is good news for the state’s health care system and may signal a move away from “fee-for-service government.”
Health Care on California Ballots, Directly and Indirectly
California voters will deal directly and indirectly with health care issues in next week’s elections. On city and county ballots, voters will decide issues ranging from soda taxes to medical marijuana laws. Statewide propositions have potential for indirect but significant repercussions for health care.
New Plan’s Holistic Approach to Mental Illness in Los Angeles
A new plan to provide mental health and medical coverage in Los Angeles County is taking a holistic approach to dealing with the common “tri-morbidity” — medical problems, mental illness and addiction.
Debating Health Care Effects of Prop. 31
Proponents of Proposition 31, which calls for restructuring state and county political systems, say it would improve California’s health care system. Health care advocates worry it might have the opposite effect.
State Policy Leaders Steer Clear of Politics at Conference
Three weeks before a national election that could prove pivotal for health care reform, policy leaders and state administrators carefully avoided talking politics during three days of the National Academy for State Health Policy’s annual conference.
Can UC-Davis Change Pace of Health Information Exchange in California?
Reliable, widespread health information exchange has been elusive in California despite earnest attempts over the past eight years. Now the Institute for Population Health Improvement at UC-Davis is stepping up to the plate as the new cooperative agreement partner charged with bringing HIE to fruition.
Health 2.0: Searching for Meaning in Health Data
At the 6th annual Health 2.0 Conference, speakers stressed the importance of making health care data meaningful, accessible and actionable, while adhering to regulatory requirements, supporting evidence-based medicine and satisfying providers, patients and payers.