Arnold Schwarzenegger news and information

Patient dumping, medical records snooping, emergency room closures, Octomom. ... Los Angeles-area hospitals have weathered more than their fair share of negative headlines in recent years.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif.—A judge has ordered Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., to arbitrate financial differences with Sutter Health, a hospital chain based in Sacramento. Marin Healthcare District decided to split with not-for-profit Sutter Health in 2006. The district re-assumed...
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In his final days in office, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed two key allies to oversee the new California Health Benefit Exchange, a clearinghouse where individuals and small businesses will be able to buy health insurance starting in 2014.
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Six hospitals and one nursing home in California have been fined a total of $792,500 for failing to prevent snooping into patients' medical records.
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California lawmakers passed a bill that provides more transparency on healthcare premium rate changes, while rejecting another bill that would have given state regulators the authority to halt rate increases outright. A bill that would have created emergency department mandates also failed to pass.
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States are beginning to set up the necessary infrastructures to implement provisions of the federal health reform law, and California is first out of the gate.
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The California Legislature has approved a bill that would enhance hospital reporting requirements of adverse events and establish state rules around nonpayment for medical...
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The California Legislature has approved a bill that would enhance hospital reporting requirements of adverse events and establish state rules around nonpayment for medical errors and hospital-acquired conditions.
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California is moving forward toward establishing a health insurance exchange to be in compliance with the federal health reform law.
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