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New California Laws – Healthcare Related

Well first on the list is text messaging and that can have an immediate effect on healthcare in helping avoid accidents, and one more of interest that is that students can be expelled for making purchases on the internet while in class. One good...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 12:55 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, California, RFID, Laws, DUI, HIV testing, advanced directives

Balance Billing Ban Upheld, but Who’s Going to Enforce the Policy?

Doctors and hospitals can’t balance bill, but the Department of Managed Care doesn’t have the authority yet to enforce? This brings about a very good question of who will enforce this. Is this a provision with no teeth? Obviously this...

Published Sat, Dec 12 2008 10:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, Physician, healthcare, health insurance, CMA, California, Balance Billing, Department of Managed Care

Slow Medicare reimbursements are hurting doctors in California, Nevada and Hawaii

One more reason it may be hard to find a primary care physician that will take Medicare, part of the issues lie with the new Medicare contractor for the area as well, big transition when getting data bases connected and data aligned. I have myself...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 1:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, Physicians, Budgets, California, Family Practice

Trend of Medicaid pay increases is expected to end as states struggle

This is a big problem in California, it is very difficult already to find physicians who will take Medicaid, thus the pay decrease will limit access even more and possibly the same with hospitals. With finally having a budget, healthcare facilities...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 12:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Medicaid, Budgets, California

Heparin Recalls didn’t work

Several California hospitals were fined as around 20% of those inspected still had heparin and some still administering to patients, but the article doesn’t state when the inspections were conducted, but the recall was last winter after the incident at...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 10:57 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, heparin, California, Hosptials

California Already Ranks Near The Bottom In Education And By 2014 It Will Be Worse

I hope my blog is no indication of this as when I look at the map to see readers geographically, the east coast as you can see from the screenshot is always loaded with readers compared to the west coast, although today it looked better than normal on...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 4:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Education, California, Reading

California Healthcare Foundation Awards $120,000 to Implement New ELINCS Lab Standard – Lab Results and Medical Records

More grant information can be found here. California working towards standardizing the information between electronic records and the HL7 format for labs. HL7 standards have the potential of following the same procedure and process to import...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 2:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, HL7, California, integration, Lab Results

Health Insurance bills head to Governor - California

The one item in particular requiring health insurers to devote 85 percent to medical care is something perhaps we all wonder about, where does the money go? We don't know as consumers, and when faced with a claim, were there funds directed...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 11:02 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Budgets, California, California Legislature

California fines 18 hospitals for violating healthcare regulations - Southern California

This was quite a listing, some of the hospitals I am familiar with and even Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach was fined for leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient, which required a second surgery to remove. Other issues...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 11:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, California, Medical Erros, Department of Public Health, Fines

California and Balance Billing

This goes back to the situation with Prime Health Care hospitals. Prime owns several hospitals in California and does not have contracts with the insurance companies, and has the ER rooms to accommodate all. When the insurer pays what...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 10:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, health insurance, Hospitals, California, Balance Billing, Department of Managed Care

California Wants Dr. Kevin Brown’s Medical License

It sounds like there are some pretty major issues here from alleged sexual misconduct to over prescribing Oxycodone and other fraud issues . “Dr. Brown attracted controversy earlier this year when he organized a charity fundraiser at the Playboy ...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 5:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, California, doctor, Medical License, Assault, Rape

Without increased funding, California's dominance and public health are threatened, according to new report

At a time like this, thank goodness there are private foundations such as the Hughes Medical Research Institute, as the funding for universities such as Stanford, University of California, Scripps, etc. appears to be in question and citizens all over...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2008 2:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Biotech, Research, California

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