Healthcare

The ratings are based on an analysis of 45 hospital quality measures in five broad categories including mortality, safety of care, readmission rates, patient experience, and timely and effective care.

A proposed ballot measure, backed by United Healthcare Workers West, would require some community clinics to spend at least 90% of their total revenue on direct patient care and “mission-related services.”

The San Joaquin Valley is expected to acutely feel the cuts. The region has the highest usage of the federal health insurance program in California.

House members in the San Joaquin Valley who voted for the bill defended their decisions, despite projections that some of their constituents will lose coverage.

Doulas became a service that is covered under Medi-Cal in 2023. Now, families in rural areas are taking advantage.

Lawmakers like California Republican Rep. David Valadao could be instrumental in determining the future of Medicaid. Much of his largely rural district relies on the program to pay for medical expenses.

U.S. Attorneys allege Community Health System and a technology company paid “extravagant” benefits, including bonuses, meals and technology discounts, to doctors who referred patients to their facilities.

As Baby Boomers age, more senior citizens and elderly create higher demand for geriatric doctors, and greater reliance on Medicare, Medicaid.

Sumana Reddy, a primary care physician, struggles on thin financial margins to run Acacia Family Medical Group, the small independent practice she founded 27 years ago in Salinas, a predominantly Latino city in an agricultural valley often called “the salad bowl of the world.”

At least seven Fresno-area healthcare workers lost their jobs recently, with more challenges expected to emerge in the coming days.