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Op/ed: Employer-based health care could soon be put on life support

By   /  Friday, January 23rd, 2015  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Employer-based health care could soon be put on life support

Judging by the trend of the past few years, Americans with job-based coverage could soon become a minority.

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Health-care giants tangle over emergency room billing

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Subscriber content, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Health-care giants tangle over emergency room billing

In its suit, filed Nov. 12, Sierra Vista Hospital says that Oakland-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan owes it thousands of dollars for treating patients who showed up at its emergency room and were treated.

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Ventura County’s Ebola response detailed at health summit

By   /  Monday, October 20th, 2014  /  Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Ventura County’s Ebola response detailed at health summit

Area hospitals are getting nearly daily updates from the Centers for Disease Control as efforts to contain the Ebola virus in the United States kick into high gear.

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Residency program at VCMC ranked No.1 in nation

By   /  Wednesday, September 10th, 2014  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Residency program at VCMC ranked No.1 in nation

The Ventura County Medical Center’s residency program for family medicine was ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and the online physician network Doximity.

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In shape for an IPO: Mindbody launches wellness program

By   /  Friday, June 6th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Features, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on In shape for an IPO: Mindbody launches wellness program

After years of development, San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody is rolling out a major corporate wellness platform as it marches toward an initial public offering.

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CMH launches residency program to combat coming doctor shortage

By   /  Friday, May 9th, 2014  /  East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on CMH launches residency program to combat coming doctor shortage

Ventura County’s Community Memorial Health System has embarked on an ambitious effort to address a severe shortage of family doctors that is looming nationwide. About a third of physicians now practicing are age 58 or older, Community Memorial President and CEO Gary Wilde said in answering questions after a State of the Health System address Read More →

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The eyes have it when it comes to Medicare payouts

By   /  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.