By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar for the Associated Press, originally posted on ABC News Primary care doctors caring for low-income patients will face steep fee cuts next year as a temporary program in President Barack Obama’s health care law expires. That could squeeze access just when millions of new patients are gaining Medicaid coverage. A study Wednesday… Continue reading Doctors Face Steep Medicaid Cuts as Fee Boost Ends

By Tracy Seipel for the San Jose Mercury News Twice a day, San Jose insurance agent Ruben Villanueva offers KZSF-AM La Kaliente’s Latino listeners tips about consumer finance and all kinds of insurance. This month, he’s been reminding his Bay Area-wide audience that Californians need to sign up for health coverage by midnight Monday if they… Continue reading California Health Insurance Exchange Aims to Increase Latino Enrollment

The open enrollment period for the state-based health insurance exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) started in November and will continue through February 15th. But knowing which health care options are available for consumers and their families, let alone which of those is the best, can be… Continue reading Finding the Right Insurance with Help from Consumer Reports

by George Lauer, for California Healthline Marking a significant step in what might be called the “retailization” of health care delivery, Kaiser Permanente is partnering with Target to open medical clinics in the retail stores in Southern California. Three Kaiser clinics opened last week in Target stores in Fontana, San Diego and Vista. Another is… Continue reading Kaiser-Target Partnership Another Step in ‘Retailization’ of Health Care

By Newswise Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation guidelines for heart failure patients. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center… Continue reading Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Recognized with Quality Achievement Award for Heart Failure Care

In this article, originally published by Health Canal, learn more about childhood cancer expert Kate Matthay and the work being done at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Many low-income Californians were happy to get free health care under the ACA. But for some it came with a booby trap: the Medi-Cal estate recovery program.

The California Department of Health Care Services unit in charge of handling Medi-Cal complaints has not released a quarterly report in nearly 12 months...

Last week, California lawmakers passed a bill (AB 2051) that would speed up Medi-Cal provider approvals for primary care clinics seeking approval to....

What is Cal MediConnect? The state Medi-Cal program and the federal Medicare program have partnered to create a new program in California called Cal Medi...