By Tracy Seipel for The San Jose Mercury News Julie Moreno felt lucky to be among more than 2.7 million previously uninsured Californians to be added to Medi-Cal, the state’s health care program for the poor. Until she needed cataract surgery. For three months after her November 2013 diagnosis, the 49-year-old Mountain View resident said, she… Continue reading Obamacare: Medi-Cal a Waiting Game for Many Low-Income Californians

By Bob Herman for Modern Healthcare Revenue and profit at Molina Healthcare grew rapidly in 2014 as the managed-care insurer continues to show the business potential of Medicaid with the boost from the 2010 healthcare law. Molina turned a $33.8 million profit in the fourth quarter compared with a $9.1 million loss in the same quarter of… Continue reading Molina Healthcare’s Q4 Beats Estimates, Closes Year with Record Growth

By Eric Thomas for ABC 7 News LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) — Chemotherapy helps save the lives of thousands of cancer patients each year. But now, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore Lab and UC Davis believe they’ve developed a technology that could make chemo treatments even more effective. Theresa Madsen had just settled into retirement, when she received… Continue reading New Medical Technology Could Bolster Chemotherapy

With Half of California’s Kids On Medicaid, Advocates Worry About Service – Originally published by Kaiser Health News. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service. By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News California’s Medi-Cal program has grown to cover nearly half of the state’s children, causing policymakers and child advocates to question… Continue reading With Half of California’s Kids On Medicaid, Advocates Worry About Service

Originally published by Kaiser Health News. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service. By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Medi-Cal applicants who have been waiting for more than 45 days can receive temporary health benefits while officials determine eligibility for the public insurance program, a state Superior Court judge ruled this week. The… Continue reading Judge Orders California To Make Timely Decisions On Medicaid Coverage

By Cheryl Jennings and Mike Nicco for ABC 7 News Some special guests got a sneak-peek inside the Bay Area’s newest Ronald McDonald House. This one is inside UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay, making it easier for parents to see their children while they are getting medical care. Top donors who helped make this… Continue reading Guests Get Sneak-Peek Inside New SF Ronald McDonald House

By PRNewswire-USNewswire Inland Empire Health Plan – one of the fastest growing not-for-profit Medicare and Medi-Cal health plans in California – is celebrating the enrollment of one million members, marking a new chapter in its 18-year history of serving communities in Riverside and San Bernardino. “We are proud of this milestone,” said Dr. Bradley Gilbert, IEHP chief… Continue reading IEHP Celebrates One Million-Member Milestone

By Henry Powderly, Managing Editor of Healthcare Finance Construction is all but done at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, with a grand opening for the $1.5 billion complex slated for Feb 1, officials said. The complex includes the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital and UCSF Bakar… Continue reading UCSF to Open $1.5 Billion, Eco-Friendly Medical Complex

By Victoria Colliver for The San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate Manuel Cero can control his most severe seizures with medications, but the 34-year-old Brentwood man still has sporadic seizures despite having tried everything available to stop them. That puts Cero among a third of people with epilepsy. Typically for patients like Cero, their epilepsy originates in more than… Continue reading NeuroPace Implant Zaps Epileptic Seizures

By Jenna Chandler for the Orange County Register Nansea Gratz pulled off her fleece beanie, the kind with little ears, revealing wisps of gray hair on an otherwise bald head. She removed her fuzzy pink socks and asked an attentive massage therapist to touch her feet, because the peripheral nerves there were damaged and weak. Seventeen months… Continue reading Massage for Cancer Patients is a Touch of Care, Controversy