California news and information

President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul made a big leap Thursday when California's insurance exchange announced the plans and the prices that will be offered to those buying individual coverage.
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In California, the most populous state in the country, one might think that insurers would be tripping over themselves to get plans on Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange. But that would be wrong.
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California health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical information.
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Some prominent health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group, are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market.
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A loophole in California's upcoming healthcare overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills.
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A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing.
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BILLINGS, Mont.—Not-for-profit Billings Clinic and RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a for-profit hospital company based in Brentwood, Tenn., formed a joint venture that seeks to draw on the operational expertise and financial resources of both organizations. “We don't think it's...
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LOS ANGELES—Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health agreed to pay $14.1 million to resolve allegations that it improperly compensated physicians who referred patients to the system's White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles. White Memorial also agreed to enter a five-year corporate...
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A California law that created an agency to oversee national healthcare reforms granted it sweeping authority to conceal its spending on contractors.
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New Medicaid research that garnered widespread attention from national health policy experts has not yet affected the expansion debate at the state level, but it could bolster national policy changes in the program.
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