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Only a few days after the previous Chief Executive Officer returned to Colorado, the California Medical Association found a new CEO from inside the organization. Dustin Corcoran, a 12-year veteran at ...
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Neurological Surgeons Conference Going Paperless
What do you do with those bags and the proceedings and papers from the medical conferences...
American Lung Association Slams California's Lack of Tobacco Prevention and Control
In the State of Tobacco Control 2009 report, the American Lung Association has slammed...
CDPH Releases Updated H1N1 Statistics
The California Department of Public Health has made the most recent H1N1 flu statistics...
'Dd Yr Pts Tk Thr Meds?' Study shows texting may improve compliance
By Tony Edwards Are you, or is someone on your staff, good at texting — or txting,...
Bay Area Children's Health Improving, in Some Cases
If physicians needed more evidence of the disparity in well-being and health among...
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Five Bay Area Hospitals Achieve Clinical Excellence Award
Five Bay Area Hospitals earned the Clinical Excellence Award from HealthGrades, an...
UC Hospital Execs Receive $3M in Incentive Payments
The regents of the University of California system last Thursday approved more than...
John Muir Medical Centers Mark Expansion, Fundraising Goals
As part of its ambitious project to expand the John Muir Medical Centers in Concord...
Kaiser Pays $3.75M for False Bills
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $3.75 million in settlement of claims that it...
Hospital Costs for Surgeries Increase Dramatically
In our December 10th email newsletter, the Healthcare Journal reported on a study...
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Hill Physicians Affiliation with UCSF Takes Effect
The agreement between Hill Physicians Medical Group and the physicians of the UCSF...
Sunnyvale Company Receives Emergency FDA Authorization for H1N1 Test
Sunnyvale-based Cepheid announced this week that the United States Food and Drug...
Cigna CEO Retires With $73 Million Bonus
CIGNA insurance company’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board H....
Physicians Among UC System Top Paid
Who are among the highest paid employees in the University of California system?...
Healthcare Around the State
CMA sues to end medical board furloughs With the staff of the Medical Board of California...
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Insurance Providers Increased Lobbying Spending by 24% in 2009
In 2009, insurance providers such as Blue Cross-Blue Shield, United Health Group,...
Budget plan includes federal waivers and emergency session
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, after his final State of the State address yesterday...
SGR Reform Debate Inches Forward in House
November 10--While not getting as much publicity as the health care reform bill that...
As Predicted, State Budget Crisis Worsens for Health Care
As one prominent Democrat dropped out of the race to replace Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Garamendi in lead to replace Tauscher as GOP focuses on NY House Race
Next Tuesday’s (November 3, 2009) special election in the 10th Congressional District...
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CMA vs AMA: Different Takes on Health Care Reform Legislation
The California Medical Association (CMA) and the American Medical Association...
Specter Tries to Save Consult Codes
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has proposed an amendment to the current healthcare reform...
House passes short-term fix for SGR cuts, COBRA extension
By Rebekah Stone Hart On Dec. 16, the House voted 395-34 to approve a $636.3 billion...
Senate Agrees to Debate Healthcare Reform, Then Goes on Vacation
Saturday the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on health system reform by a party...
SGR Cuts to Hit Specialists' Reimbursement Hard
As the House of Representatives prepares to begin debate, and possibly vote, on the...
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PMWC: Stanford Professor Highlights Website Information
A patient comes into your office, and after an examination, tests, and the like,...
California lands in bottom half of health care rankings: Commonwealth Fund ranks Golden State 31st
California again ranked in the bottom half of states in health system performance,...
Big bucks headed to NorCal to boost EHR adoption: Many practices concerned with privacy, security is
By Rebekah Stone Hart In mid-December, President Obama announced that he would allocate...
Medi-Cal Program to Change Claim Processing Company?
Last week, the California Department of Health Care Services announced plans to change...
Catholic Healthcare West avoids Nurses Strike; Sets H1N1 Hospital Safety Standards
More than 12,000 nurses at 28 Catholic Healthcare West hospitals struck a last-minute...
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CHW Distributes More than $260,000 in Grants
Catholic Healthcare West’s Bay Area Hospitals are giving almost $270,000 in grants...
Health Care at a Glance
Sacramento / NorCal Henry Kaiser inducted to California Hall of Fame This month,...
UCSF Receives Largest Head and Neck Cancer Research Gift
Two Bay Area health care institutions had positive news about gifts/donations this...
Staffing the front lines of community health care: Led by pediatrician Sue Chan, Oakland's Asian Hea
What would you do if the mother of a sick baby came to you overwhelmed, obviously...
Santa Clara County Medical Association absorbs smaller Monterey society
In May Santa Clara County Medical Association absorbed the administrative functions...
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