Children on Medi-Cal, California’s insurance program for its poorest residents, might wait months for urgent psychiatric care, according to an audit released last week. The California State Auditor’s ...

Three different health plans owned by the Centene Corporation have been fined $1. 7 million by the state, according to a ...

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Simon F. Haeder, PhD, MPA, professor of public health at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. He and his co-investigators looked at the ...

Kaiser Permanente’s insurer arm has agreed to a $200 million settlement over “deficiencies in the plan’s delivery and oversight of behavioral healthcare” to its members, the California Department of ...

Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health Care. Under ...

Zingale served as founding director of California’s Department of Managed Health Care from 2000 to 2003. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ...

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California officials announced Tuesday that they had reached settlements totaling $55 million with L.A. Care, a publicly operated health plan serving Medi-Cal patients in Los Angeles County. L.A. Care ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed ...

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, run by Kaiser Permanente, and the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) have reached a $200 million settlement agreement to make significant changes to the ...

Some of the nation’s strictest provider network regulations have led to neither high rates of provider directory accuracy nor timely access to mental health care. Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy ...