The eyes have it when it comes to Medicare payouts
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, April 21st, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on The eyes have it when it comes to Medicare payouts
Of the 3,286 individual doctors in the Tri-Counties who billed Medicare for reimbursements in 2012, fewer than 1 percent received more than $1 million from the federal program.
Health care prices under scrutiny in Sansum-Cottage merger
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 18th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Health care prices under scrutiny in Sansum-Cottage merger
As the regulatory review of the proposed merger between Cottage Health System and Sansum Clinic stretches to the six-month mark, a recent federal court ruling points out key issues that arise when a dominant hospital system buys a major physician group. In an Idaho case decided earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission intensely focused Read More →
Sebelius speaks frankly about women in leadership at Fielding talk
By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Sebelius speaks frankly about women in leadership at Fielding talk
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Kathleen Sebelius resigned on April 10, the New York Times and other national media outlets reported.] On a day when President Barack Obama signed an executive order mandating equal pay for women working for federal contractors, Fielding Graduate University hosted Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for a more down-to-earth discussion Read More →
The long view: TrueVision builds on 3-D surgery breakthroughs
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 4th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, South Coast, Technology / Comments Off on The long view: TrueVision builds on 3-D surgery breakthroughs
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A prescription for team work: Conejo doctors band together against UCLA incursion
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, March 21st, 2014 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on A prescription for team work: Conejo doctors band together against UCLA incursion
Choice Health Associates is a loose affiliation of physicians in private practice who have teamed up to better compete with big out-of-town providers.
Health leaders: ‘Ambitious’ Obamacare goals tough to implement
By Erika Martin / Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Health leaders: ‘Ambitious’ Obamacare goals tough to implement
Uncertainties shrouding Obamacare implementation are leaving many health-care providers strained, and consumers are thus far seeing few of the cost cuts promised by the overhaul. That was the theme that emerged from a March 18 forum in Santa Barbara hosted by nonprofit Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.
Artificial pancreas trials move forward with $2.3M grant
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 14th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Artificial pancreas trials move forward with $2.3M grant
With $2.3 million in recent federal funding, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is moving forward with clinical trials of its artificial pancreas, a device that researchers hope will substantially improve the lives of people living with Type 1 diabetes.