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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Report: California Health Care Spending Grows, Rate Slows

California's health care spending increased by nearly 300% from 1991 to 2009, according to a California HealthCare Foundation report. However, the report finds that the pace of growth has decelerated since 2003. Los Angeles Times' "Money & Co."

Brown Administration Plans To Cut State Worker Costs by $750M

Officials from Gov. Brown's administration have met with union leaders to discuss strategies for making $750 million in cuts to state worker costs, such as raising worker contributions to health care benefits. Sacramento Bee's "The State Worker," Los Angeles Times' "PolitiCal."

Proposed Rule Would Boost Medicaid Pay for Primary Care Physicians

Yesterday, HHS released a proposed rule that would increase Medicaid reimbursements for primary care physicians over two years. Under the proposal, which stems from the health reform law, the federal government would cover the entire cost of the increase. Washington Post et al.

California Sees Increase in Parents Seeking Exemptions From Vaccination Requirements

Oakland pediatrician Bruce Horwitz, Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information Center, John Talarico of the state Department of Public Health and a parent who plans to apply for a personal belief exemption spoke with California Healthline about the growing trend of parents seeking vaccine exemptions.

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