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Mapping Chronic Disease in California

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) provides data that identifies those areas of California bearing the heaviest burden in terms of chronic disease. The latest survey added new conditions and a map feature.

Paper to Electronic Charts Made Easy

Community clinics with experience making the transition from paper to electronic records share the strategies, techniques, and insights they learned along the way.

Among Hospitals, A Special Critical List

People in rural and remote areas throughout California depend on critical access hospitals. This paper tracks the changing landscape and financial health of these small but important institutions.

Health Plans

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Health Net Protest on Tricare Contract Upheld by GAO

On Wednesday, Health Net revealed that the U.S. Government Accountability Office has upheld a protest over the insurer's loss of its contract with Tricare, the military health care program. Health Net currently holds one of three regional contracts with Tricare, worth about $17 billion, but in July Aetna beat out Health Net for a new contract. There is no guarantee that GAO's ruling will result in Health Net's retaining its contract.



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