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Role of Provider Clout in Health Reform

A new Health Affairs article examines the power of California hospitals and physicians to negotiate higher payments, an underlying driver of insurance costs that has gone largely unexamined in the health reform debate.

Palliative Care: A Toolkit for Hospitals

Learn what hospital executives and medical leaders need to know to set up and maintain a palliative care program that saves money and delivers the best end-of-life treatment. Interviews, case studies, and resources are included.

Insurance and Uninsured

Friday, August 22, 2008

Blue Shield of California Foundation OKs Grants for 17 Organizations

On Thursday, the Blue Shield of California Foundation announced $7.7 million in grants for the third quarter, the San Francisco Business Times reports.

Fifteen not-for-profit organizations in California will receive grants, and two organizations on the East Coast also won awards.

According to the foundation, about $2.7 million in grants will go to help shore up California's health care safety net and advance health care reform efforts, while $4 million will go to health care information technology efforts. Efforts to reduce domestic violence in California will receive about $1 million.

The Business Times highlighted grants to Bay Area organizations (Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 8/21).



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