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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.

Health Plans

Monday, June 11, 2012

Anthem Agrees To Cover 'Investigational' Treatment

A UC-Davis graduate student is receiving treatment in Texas for a rare and potentially fatal malignant tumor after launching an online petition to pressure insurer Anthem Blue Cross to cover the cost of the experimental treatment. Anthem in a letter said its evaluators made an exception and that the decision "does not mean that we endorse the safety or effectiveness" of the treatment.



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