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This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. I met Rena Salamacha last summer, when the worst of H.R. 1’s cuts to federal Medicaid funding weren’t yet finalized, only feared. Salamacha, CEO of Mee Memorial Healthcare System in Monterey County, knew then that the system’s medical center in King City, serving rural and mostly low income patients, was already in trouble.
San Mateo County, California – A routine blood draw can mean a trip across the hills for San Mateo County’s coastal residents. County supervisors now want a plan to bring lab collection closer to home, and make local care more accessible to people with commercial insurance. The push...
The new Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Behavioral Health Pavilion is a 77-bed facility with units dedicated to a range of patient ages and acuities. Measuring at three stories and 207,300 square feet, the pavilion includes two 21-bed adult units, a 21-bed adolescent unit and a 14-bed children’s unit as well as age-specific emergency psychiatric services. The facility also hosts an adult urgent care clinic, a substance use recovery clinic and is connected to the medical center’s existing emergency department via an enclosed pedestrian bridge.
Four health plans have told Medicare members they will stop offering Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, and the people affected are scattered across Texas, Connecticut, California and Idaho. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, ConnectiCare, Sharp Health Plan and Saint Alphonsus each say their plans end or are not offered after Dec. 31, 2026. The... The post Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, ConnectiCare, Sharp Health Plan and Saint Alphonsus are ending Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 in Texas, Connecticut, California and Idaho appeared first on The Financial Wire .
Flu cases across California are climbing earlier than usual, prompting Bay Area doctors to urge immediate vaccination. The Bay Area News Group reports state health data shows over 21 percent of flu tests returned positive in late October, marking a unusually aggressive start to the season. Wastewater tracking indicates high...
Tuolumne County, CA—CAL FIRE TCU reports that residential debris burning can commence this weekend as long as you have a permit. Starting on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 8 a.m., a permit will be needed before burning yard waste in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties. Burn day permits are free, obtainable online, and valid for one year. Burning is contingent on air quality, with safety measures including pile size limits and fire control protocols. The public must check the burn day status and follow safety guidelines to prevent fines and wildfires.
Petaluma is set to lose another pharmacy next month as the local Raley’s store prepares for a complete closure by early 2027. According to the Press Democrat, a state notice confirms the grocery store’s pharmacy will shut down by December 16th, ahead of the full store closure between January and February. The shutdown will impact roughly 40 employees, though some union workers may have options to transfer to other locations.
Sutter Health and Stanford Medicine are opening a new, five-story cancer center in Oakland that they hope will be a regional “one-stop shop” for outpatient oncology care in the East Bay.
After the pandemic hit in March 2020, San Francisco kept most of its public school students out of classrooms for nearly a year and a half. By the time schools fully reopened in August 2021, the San Francisco Unified School District had lost 5,000 students, and those who stayed had fallen behind.
Medicare Advantage members who use Oregon Health & Science University, Maine’s InterMed practices or a North Carolina hospital face network changes at the start of 2027, and members in Florida, California and Wisconsin could be next. Some of the changes are settled and some are still being negotiated. Open enrollment ends Dec. 7, and that […]
California voters have rejected a ballot measure reforming an environmental review law that applies to building “essential” projects across the state, like new housing, healthcare facilities and transportation. Roughly 55% of voters opposed the proposition when it was called on Saturday night. “Californians have sent a clear message...
You put your home in a living trust. You choose who inherits. You expressly disinherit relatives. An attorney prepares the documents. You expect your wishes to survive you. Dr. Laura Dean Head’s trust did not. California property owners should examine Laura Dean Head Living Trust, Alameda County Superior Court,...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As mobile crisis response teams in Northern California de-escalate and stabilize thousands of people with mental health conditions every year, they’re meeting a financial roadblock: health insurance companies. Records obtained by Bay Area News Group show insurers rejected $4.1 million in payments to 11...
San Mateo County supervisors have given County Health a deadline to figure out how the Coastside Health Center in Half Moon Bay can start accepting commercial insurance and offer local lab collection, two things the clinic currently lacks. The Board adopted a resolution directing that work on Tuesday, setting a 90-day timeline for a lab plan and 180 days for the insurance roadmap.
At Home Nursing Care Expands Senior In-Home Care Services in Pacific Palisades, CA, bringing personalized support and companionship to older adults. A smiling caregiver shares a cheerful moment with a senior woman in a bright home. At Home Nursing Care is expanding senior in-home care services to Pacific Palisades, CA,...
Congressman James Gallagher joined Congressman Jay Obernolte and fellow members of California’s congressional delegation in demanding answers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) following a troubling state audit that revealed significant failures in oversight of the state’s Medi-Cal program. In a letter to DHCS Director...
Resilience Orthopedics, the practice of board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Pamela Mehta, is changing how it charges new patients. From November 2, a first visit costs $575. The fee covers the consultation with Dr. Mehta, any clinically necessary X-rays taken on site, regardless of the number of views, and Dr. Mehta’s review of existing scans and […]
The half-cent sales tax on nonessential goods that supporters say could raise $27 million annually for services affected by federal cuts is in the lead as of 8:45pm, with 35% of ballots counted. Of those who voted, 59% supported Measure E and 41% opposed it. Revenue would be deposited in...
Voters across the El Camino Healthcare District appear to be backing a measure that would permanently cap how long board members can serve, with initial returns showing strong support for term limits on the panel that oversees El Camino Hospital. Measure S would limit directors to four full four-year terms, or 16 years total, for the rest of their lives.
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here . Inside a small gas station, surrounded by chips, candy, cigarettes, and lottery tickets, a group of public health graduate students waited as the cashier finished helping customers. When it was their turn, Debbie Kariuki and her fellow Brown University students stepped forward with their stacks of Medicaid flyers. Through a glass partition, they explained to the woman at the register that they were sharing information about changes to Medicaid that could affect people’s healthcare coverage. “There wasn’t actually much room for us to post flyers,” Kariuki told me. But the cashier was eager to help alert others in her South Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. She welcomed the English and Arabic flyers, clearing out space for them at the checkout counter. She also asked for additional flyers in Pashto. The Brown students are part of wide-ranging efforts to reach millions of people across the country who are affected by major changes to Medicaid that start for certain recipients in January. To keep or obtain Medicaid healthcare coverage, these people will be required to demonstrate they meet new work or “community engagement” requirements , and they will face more
