Tag: medicare
Alliance launches TotalCare all-in-one health plan
Central California Alliance for Health this week announced the launch of TotalCare, a Medicare Advantage plan that is also a dual-eligible special needs plan....
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...
National Cancer Control Month
April is National Cancer Control Month. It is dedicated to the men, women and children who have lost their lives to cancer, recognize. It is to support those Americans who are engaged in daily clinical and long-term research medicine for new and novel ways to battle cancer, and recommit the nation to progress further in the effective control of cancer.
Seniors can ask Medicare questions Tuesday
San Benito County senior citizens who have questions about Medicare will have a chance to ask them Nov. 27, from 1 to 2 p.m., at the Hollister Community Center, 300 West St., in Hollister. The forum is hosted by the Senior Network Services’ Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program.
Not in compliance again: Saint Louise could lose all Medicare funding
In what could be a crippling blow to South County’s only hospital, federal Medicare funding could be cut off for Saint Louise Regional Hospital in less than three months.
Not in compliance: Saint Louise could lose Medicare funding
In what could be a crippling blow to South County’s only hospital, federal Medicare funding could be cut off for Saint Louise Regional Hospital in less than three months.
‘Serious’ deficiencies at Saint Louise
Deficiencies characterized as “serious” and “critical” by a federal official range from management oversight, to contracted staff competency, to medical staff responsibilities to problems with a dialysis provider are detailed in a 16-page report conducted three months ago during an in-person complaint investigation launched by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, known as CMS.
Farr, healthcare leaders mark anniversary of Affordable care Act
Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel) and Central Coast health care leaders mark the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, and recognized the benefits the law has already delivered to thousands on the Central Coast. On March 23, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law historic health care reform legislation: the Affordable Care Act.
