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Open enrollment for the new Covered California health plans launches October 1st. But you don’t have to rush into unknown waters and sign up for coverage that doesn’t start until January 1, 2014. Because these health plans are new, it would be prudent to avoid immediately enrolling until the health plans have been reviewed and all the details are known.
Covered California has already awarded $43 million for public outreach and education. Seven of the recipients that received grant money are organizations that are already involved with the health care industry. Yet we need more money spent just to talk to doctors, nurses and physical therapists?
The obstacle in matching your health insurance to a doctor is that health insurance companies contract with physician groups and hospitals. These contracts include negotiated prices for a variety of procedures, tests and office visits.
The allure of social media for patients centers on the personal connection people can find when facing a mild to severe medical condition.
It is a little known fact that California is one of a handful of states that prohibits the direct employment of doctors by hospitals.
Dr. James G. Hinsdale, president of the California Medical Association (CMA), recently speculated in an opinion published in the Sacramento Bee , July 2, 2011, that passage of AB 52 would restrict patient access to doctors and hospitals and result in more crowded emergency rooms. His logic is that regulated health insurance premiums will lead to reduced […]
It was a slow day at the senior health fair I was attending. When it is slow you talk with the other exhibitors and one of them happened to be Dr. Shomir Banerjee. In addition to urgent and primary care, Dr. Banerjee is trying to blaze a new path by making house calls for private […]
