Posts Tagged ‘California health law’
A Requirement to Inform PPO Members of Upcoming Provider Terminations
IN CALIFORNIA • A Requirement to Inform PPO Members of Upcoming Provider Terminations • Sutter Seeks to Offer HMOs in CA • Western Health Expands the Reach of its HMO • Pharmacy Group Urges Veto of Chemotherapy Bill HEALTHCARE • MLR Bill Clears Subcommittee • Providers Warn That Medicare Cuts Will Threaten Radiation Care • [...]
CA Legislative Bill Would Lower Chemo Costs
The CA state Assembly passed AB 1000 on a 51-12 vote. The bill prohibits health plans and insurance policies from charging more for covering oral chemotherapy than for the intravenous treatment. It also has a provision to prevent insurers from hiking the costs of intravenous chemotherapy rather than reducing the cost of the pill alternative as [...]
Mixed Reaction to Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Ruling
In a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing the majority opinion, the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's healthcare law constitutional. He was joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. California state officials and healthcare leaders met Thursday's Supreme Court decision [...]
