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Health Plan Shake-Up Could Disrupt Coverage for Low-Income Californians

09/27/2022

California's new strategy to improve care in its Medicaid program may cause almost 2 million low-income residents to switch health insurers.

California's new strategy to...

09/27/2022

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California Grants Medi-Cal Contract Concessions

01/30/2023

Samantha Young ;

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

In the final days of 2022, California lawmakers canceled a bidding competition for Medi-Cal contracts after health plans challenged the results.

In the final days of 2022,...

01/30/2023

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Part 3: County, hospitals wrestle over a fix for mental health care

10/28/2014

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Oct. 28--A scarcity of psychiatric beds. Mental patients languishing in overstretched emergency rooms. Assaults on ER doctors and nurses. Longer waits for everyone. You would be hard-pressed to find a hospital executive, ER worker,...

Oct. 28--A scarcity of...

10/28/2014

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FBI Raids Calif. Ambulance Company

10/23/2014

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Neither would comment on the details of their investigation, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney General's Office in L.A. said the search warrant was under seal.

Neither would comment on the...

10/23/2014

EMSWorld

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Google Glass Goes to Medical School

05/16/2014

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Ian Hamilton ;

Jonathan Winslow ;

UC Irvine will become the first medical school in the nation to outfit its students with the wearable technology.

UC Irvine will become the first...

05/16/2014

EMSWorld

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Special Medicaid Contract Threatens California Reforms

02/04/2022

Samantha Young ;

Angela Hart ;

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

The deal would allow a health plan in California to limit new enrollment, which other health plans say will leave them covering most of the costliest Medicaid beneficiaries.

The deal would allow a health...

02/04/2022

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California Opens Medicaid to Older Unauthorized Immigrants

05/03/2022

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Immigrants who are over 49 years of age and residing in California without legal permission are now eligible for full coverage under Medi-Cal.

Immigrants who are over 49 years...

05/03/2022

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New Covered California Leader Urges Renewal of Enhanced Federal Aid for Health Premiums

05/19/2022

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Jessica Altman, the new chief executive officer of Covered California, discusses her stance on federal subsidies that bolstered ACA enrollment, as well as a policy requiring health plans to pay into a fund if they do not meet care benchmarks...

Jessica Altman, the new chief...

05/19/2022

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Computer Glitches and Human Error Cause Insurance Problems for Californians

06/03/2022

Bernard J. Wolfson ;

Errors and inaccuracies in member data have resulted in enrollees mistakenly being dropped from Covered California or Medi-Cal.

Errors and inaccuracies in...

06/03/2022

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