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L.A. Care Health Plan (Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County) was created in 1997 by the State of California to provide health care services for Medi-Cal managed care beneficiaries, uninsured children and other vulnerable populations in Los Angeles County. [3] In 1993, the State Department of Health Services produced a report ...
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The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal or MediCal) is the California implementation of the federal Medicaid program serving low-income individuals, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level.
In the 1860s, Los Angeles County appointed a County Physician, and a small hospital for the poor in Los Angeles was established. [6] The Department of Charities was formed in 1913 and included five Divisions: County Hospital, County Farm, Outdoor Relief, Olive View Sanatorium, and Cemetery Divisions. [7]
Federal and state governments, insurance companies and other large medical institutions are heavily promoting the adoption of electronic health records.The US Congress included a formula of both incentives (up to $44,000 per physician under Medicare, or up to $65,000 over six years under Medicaid) and penalties (i.e. decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to doctors who fail to use ...
However, the Los Angeles City Council has opposed this proposal, as Los Angeles City has contracted for public health services with the County since 1964, as part of a consolidation effort to reduce duplication and improve efficiency of services, and the city's desire to transfer financial responsibility for public health services to the County ...
The Los Angeles County Alliance for Health Integration is the term used by Los Angeles County to refer to the ongoing integration efforts of its three health departments. . Previously, the Los Angeles County Health Agency (sometimes stylized as Health Agency of Los Angeles) was the title of a Los Angeles County agency composed of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the Los ...
All counties elect their treasurers except Los Angeles, Sacramento, Santa Clara, and Glenn. [10] Forty-seven counties have an appointed county administrative officer, while five counties have a more powerful official such as a county manager, chief executive officer, or county mayor, and five rural counties do not have a full-time county ...