It’s the kind of split that’s played out in a range of industries, from food to cosmetics, as regulation looms. Even the first sweeping tobacco legislation, 2009’s Tobacco Control Act that restricted new products, banned…
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The Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo SAN FRANCISCO — The big California health system Sutter Health today reached an agreement with the state of California and a union trust, avoiding…
Kaiser Permanente and a union representing 57,000 of its employees ratified a new contract that will create a $130 million workforce development program and boost pay, the union announced Wednesday. The Oakland, Calif.-based integrated health…
Sutter Health’s tentative settlement in its class action lawsuit means the not-for-profit hospital giant will likely get to keep more details about its allegedly anticompetitive contracting practices hidden than if the case had gone to…
In this edition Open enrollment underway in California; window shopping available in several states Medicare open enrollment started October 15 Idaho Medicaid expansion starts January 2020 — enrollment begins November 1, 2019 North Carolina’s transition…
California’s governor dealt a blow to dialysis companies over the weekend when he signed into law a bill that limits the reimbursement they receive for kidney disease patients who get insurance premium assistance from third-party…
The ongoing epidemic, which is mostly but not entirely tied to black market vapes containing the marijuana component THC, has killed at least 27 people and sickened nearly 1,300 as of Friday. It caught the…
Under Trump’s proclamation, immigrants would need to obtain private health coverage within 30 days of entering the United States or otherwise prove that they can cover their health care costs. The president also has insisted…
Hundreds of California hospitals have been running on generators and hundreds of thousands of residents have been without electricity after power companies temporarily shut off services Wednesday to prevent fires during windy weather. The California…
One of California’s largest hospital systems is facing a trial over accusations that it has used its market dominance to snuff out competition and overcharge patients for medical bills. The antitrust lawsuit against Sutter Health,…