4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (403+ words) Sixty-one years ago, Medicare was signed into law, establishing an essential program for Americans age 65 or older who didn’t have health insurance and medical care. It is composed of four parts: Part A (insurance for hospitalization, home or skilled nursing,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (778+ words) The fate of the state’s $2 billion plan to maintain health insurance for low-income and disabled Californians is now in the hands of Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and Republican administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (480+ words) By Sophie Austin | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — A proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires in California to counter federal cuts to healthcare for low-income people has sufficient public support to qualify for the November ballot, the state’s top elections official…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (77+ words) The budget proposal released Thursday shows revenues that are $16.5 billion higher than projections....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1718+ words) A group operating out of a Friar Street office building in Van Nuys that advertises “virtual offices” incorporated 22 hospices and home care agencies in one year, including 15 hospices registered in one day to a single suite, according to an investigation…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (913+ words) Organizations representing hospice and home health providers in California are calling for a statewide moratorium on new enrollments in Medicare amid growing concerns about widespread fraud in the industry, particularly in Los Angeles County. Three organizations — Save Home Health Coalition,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (17+ words) ‘Rising hospital persist in part because hospitals block the transparency that drives competition and consumer choice.’...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1195+ words) The office of a Van Nuys real estate services agency was quiet on a recent work day, void of customers or calls. That was unusual, said owner Edward Akhparian. He wasn’t the only one who noticed the change. Some neighboring…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (436+ words) Q: I had routine blood tests at Quest Diagnostics last year. My insurance company, Lucent Health, sent me an explanation of benefits stating “Patient Responsibility = $0.00.” I thought everything was settled. More than a year later, I received a letter from a…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (523+ words) Enrollment in Obamacare is slowing down in California after Republicans in Congress opted not to extend a policy that beefed up financial assistance for patients, a move that led to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. “These early numbers…...