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California was slated to give a long-awaited raise to health facilities that help quadriplegics and others with serious medical needs, but the passage of Prop. 35 unraveled those plans.
A Long-Term Commitment to Expanding Healthcare Access in Northern California Access to high-quality healthcare remains one of the nation’s most pressing challenges, and the need is especially evident in the Greater Silicon Valley, where the demand is so great some patients wait more than a month for a scheduled appointment.
In 2009 CDPH imposed two fines totaling more than $400,000 against Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, CA, for failing to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information. The first fine was in May, of $250,000.
Low-income Californians would have an easier time purchasing hormonal birth control pills at their local pharmacy under a new bill. The bill, which was recently introduced to the California State ...
California might not have enough Denti-Cal-participating dentists to handle millions of new Denti-Cal beneficiaries as a result of the Affordable Care Act. DHCS had not adequately overseen its Denti-Cal administrative contractor, which had not "performed contract-required outreach for improving dental access in underserved areas." [6]
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A 2015 California Healthcare Foundation study found that the number of hospitals in an insurance network did not significantly affect the quality of care patients received. [33] A study in the journal Health Affairs indicated that while hospital networks sold on the marketplace are narrower than their commercial counterparts, geographic access ...
California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 by the California State Legislature which allows terminally ill adult residents in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met. [1]