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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Hearing on hospital sale could be contentious

August 8, 2011, 12:05 AM
Next week, the attorney general's office will hold a hearing over the proposed sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime Healthcare Services, the controversial and growing chain of 14 hospitals. The hospital, which the chain pledges to operate as a nonprofit, would be Prime... + read more
Kindred Hospital in Ontario, Calif., is at the top of the list of hospitals most likely to collapse in a major earthquake.
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bill gives hospitals up to 7-year seismic extension

April 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown’s office announced last week that he signed two bills that provide up to seven years of deadline extensions for seismic upgrades at some of the state’s riskiest hospital buildings. Like many things in Sacramento, though, the bills are complicated and rely on... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Assembly committee OKs 7-year quake safety extension for hospitals

April 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Assembly health committee approved a bill yesterday requiring the state’s riskiest hospital buildings to undergo a thorough “collapse risk” assessment in order to qualify for up to seven years of earthquake safety deadline extensions. Current hospital seismic safety laws... + read more
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After bogus class, nursing board urged to audit continuing education

March 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
A Senate committee is recommending that the state nursing board seek funds to audit continuing education providers, citing a California Watch report that described how the board came to approve a bogus and absurd course. The issue will be discussed today in a Senate hearing meant to examine... + read more
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Bill stalls, blocking out-of-state workers at free health care events

August 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
A bill that would have increased the ranks of volunteers at massive free clinics operated by a Tennessee-based nonprofit fizzled in a legislative committee Thursday. The bill would have allowed Remote Area Medical to bring out-of-state health professional volunteers into California for its... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Health groups oppose bill targeting dangerous caregivers

April 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
The state’s powerful nurses union and several other health professional groups are gearing up to oppose a set of reforms that would make it harder for addicted or incompetent health professionals to work for years before seeing a license pulled. Flickr photo by ulrichkarljoho The... + read more
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'Real death panels' not as deadly as once described

January 22, 2010, 5:24 AM
A few months ago, the California Nurses Association issued a report with a shocking conclusion: the state's health insurers deny 21 percent of requests for patient coverage. "Every claim that is denied represents a real patient enduring pain and suffering. Every denial has real, sometimes... + read more
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