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Closing obstetric departments is a nationwide trend, contributing to America's high maternal mortality rate. California's rate of closures is higher than other states'.
The planned closure of the Walmart Health centers comes after the company announced in March 2023 that it planned to add more than two dozen health centers to some of its stores this year. At the ...
A single-payer health care system for California has been suggested multiple times. Two bills in the California State Legislature that would have implemented universal health coverage were vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 and 2008, respectively.
Health care districts are California special districts created to build and operate hospitals and other health care facilities and services in underserved areas. [1] As of 2019, there are 79 health care districts in California. [2] Each health care district is governed by a locally elected five-member board of directors. [1]
In healthcare in California, only a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital, as licensed by the California Department of Public Health, can be referred to as a "hospital." As of 2018, the CPHD Center for Health Care Quality Cal Health Find database [ 1 ] reports 422 general acute care hospitals statewide, as well as 128 acute ...
Wednesday’s vote was the state’s first foray into tackling health care spending in California, which reached $405 billion in 2020, or $10,299 per person — the 22nd highest in the nation.
A building occupied by the California Department of Health Care Services. A December 2014 audit of the DHCS's Medi-Cal dental care program (Denti-Cal) by the California State Auditor reported that: "Information shortcomings and ineffective actions" by DHCS are putting child beneficiaries at higher risk of dental disease.
Verity Health System filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018. In 2019, Verity agreed to sell St. Francis to KPC Group in Riverside for $420 million, but the deal was not completed. On April 9, 2020, Verity announced the sale of St. Francis to Prime Healthcare Services for over $350 million; Prime committed to investing $47 million in capital ...