Latest California Healthline Stories
Health Care Provisions in Federal Stimulus Come Into Focus
Six months after the arrival of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, several health care efforts detailed in the federal stimulus package are taking shape as various federal agencies take incremental steps toward new public goals.
Policymakers Look to Salary-Based Physician-Payment Models To Lower Health Care Costs
Jack Chou of the California Academy of Family Physicians, Mark Hall of Wake Forest University, Robert Pearl of Kaiser Permanente and AMA President James Rohack discussed physician compensation with California Healthline.
California Nursing Board Faces Long Road Ahead for Streamlining Investigation Process
Stacie Berumen of the nursing panel, the University of San Diego’s Julie D’Angelo Fellmeth, Kathy Sackman of UNAC/UHCP and Daryl Walker of the Department of Consumer Affairs discussed the board with California Healthline.
Health Care Cuts Deeper Than They Appear in California
California’s Health and Human Services funding was cut by nearly $4 billion in a prolonged budget process that still may not be complete. If losses in federal matching funds are considered, the overall monetary impact could be twice that, according to some estimates.
Collaborative Joins Race To Oversee California’s Health IT Evolution
Two entries have emerged in a race that has yet to be officially declared or described but is widely anticipated. The winner could become California’s lead organization administering billions of dollars in stimulus funds for health IT.
Recent Calif. Budget Cuts Could Force Healthy Families To Disenroll Children From Program
Sen. Denise Ducheny, Assembly member Dave Jones, Elia Gallardo of the California Primary Care Association, First 5 spokesperson Bill Madison and Ginny Puddefoot of MRMIB discussed the cuts with California Healthline.
Federal Officials Urge Health Departments To Remain Focused on Controlling H1N1 Influenza
Susan Hogeland of the California Academy of Family Physicians, Al Lundeen of the state public health department, CDC’s Von Roebuck and Eric Weiss of Stanford Medical Center discussed the virus with California Healthline.
California Group Seeks Tighter Rules for Public Benefits, Citizenship
A wide array of organizations, ranging from the California Medical Association to the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, is lining up in opposition to a campaign to get an initiative on the ballot that would end public benefits for undocumented immigrants, deny welfare payments for their children and establish new rules for birth certificates.
Health Care Stimulus Funding Process Picking Up Speed
California already has received $3.3 billion and expects to receive a total of $11 billion by the end of 2010 under a federal stimulus package provision that increases federal matching payments to state Medicaid programs. Meanwhile, the stimulus package’s health IT provisions are beginning to take shape.
Oral Health Advocates Call for More Emphasis on Dental Coverage in Health Care Reform
The California Dental Association’s Dean Chalios, Paul Glassman of the University of the Pacific and Daphne Von Essen of the California Dental Hygienists’ Association discussed oral health care with California Healthline.