by Advize Admin | Jun 3, 2022 | Healthcare, Technology
Andrea Veltman and son Merlin lost their health coverage after bad information was entered into a computer system shared by Covered California and Medi-Cal. Andrea Veltman’s subsidized Covered California health plan and Merlin’s Medi-Cal coverage were...
by Advize Admin | Apr 8, 2022 | Healthcare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the private sector for help. The new Medicaid drug program debuted this January, with a private company in...
by Advize Admin | Mar 18, 2022 | FWA
Last spring, Lags Medical Centers, a sprawling chain of pain clinics serving more than 20,000 patients in California, abruptly shuttered amid a cloaked state investigation into “credible allegations of fraud.” Tens of thousands of patients were left scrambling for...
by Advize Admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Healthcare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s sweeping new program to buy Rx drugs for its nearly 14 million Medicaid patients has alarmed health clinics that say they will lose money and have to cut services. Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Monday that some clinics, which serve...
by Advize Admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Healthcare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Getting clean drinking water cost Ignacio Padilla his health insurance. The World War II veteran needed to repay the loan for the water pump installed on his 1-acre property in rural Tulare County, the only source of water to his mobile home. He...
by Advize Admin | May 21, 2019 | Compliance, Healthcare
Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General released a 29-page audit report of an investigation conducted on the California Department of Health Care Services. The audit, which covered the review of more than 112,000 Medicaid capitation payments amounting to...
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