Tag: healthcare
Letter: Hospital’s problems date back decades
The perspective I am about to share is purely my own, yet it is rooted in decades of personal and professional investment in Hollister.
As...
Letter to the editor: Demand local coverage from Anthem PPO
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital (HHMH), a special healthcare District, was forced to make the very difficult decision to end our contract with Anthem Blue...
Guest Editorial: Health care for all
California must lead the way in helping our country join the rest of the modern industrialized world in adopting universal health care for all...
Tobacco ban coming to Hollister hospital, health facilities
Founded more than a century ago, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has allowed smoking on its campus through its long history. That will change in...
County board OKs departure from CalPERS health network
San Benito County supervisors Tuesday voted 4-0 to leave the CalPERS Health Care network, which has provided options to county employees and retirees for...
LULAC hosts first health fair
The League of United Latin American Citizens will host a health fair Aug. 24 at the former of Monterey and Fourth Streets, in downtown Hollister, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Health alliance votes no on SBC expansion
A week after San Benito County supervisors approved a letter stating their intent to join the Central California Alliance for Health as its managed care Medi-Cal provider – a state requirement to change to a managed care system goes into effect on Sept. 1 – the board of directors of the Central California Alliance for Health voted against expanding into San Benito.
Medi-cal reimbursements at risk for Mabie patients
Residents of the Mabie Skilled Nursing facilities planned to represent many rural residents in need of care at a press conference Wednesday in support of a state assembly bill that aims to keep a planned deduction in the Medi-cal reimbursement rate for such facilities from going into effect.
Mabie Healthcare Center opens on First Street
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its new Mabie First Street Healthcare Center on May 18 with a ribbon cutting by the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce.
