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Scripps Health Introduces AI Tool to Enhance Physician-Patient Communication, Combat Burnout

On an average day,David Wetherhold, MD, engages with his patients through 47 to 100 electronic messages, dedicating upwards of one hour of his time to this increasingly important aspect of care. With ...

Medical Board of California Announces New Online Submission Requirement for Licensing Documents

Healthcare Organizations Unite Against Proposed Medicare Payment Cuts for Physicians

Patients Grapple with Unforeseen Charges for Online Medical Advice

Scripps Health Shines on California Hospital Compare's Honor Rolls

Scripps CEO Releases Statement Regarding Lack of Behavioral Health Beds

Rady's Children's Hospital Breaks Ground on Billion-Dollar Pavilion

Biden Administration Targets High-Priced Prescription Drugs for Federal Price Negotiations

Is a $25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Coming to San Diego?

California Medical Board Updates Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Blue Shield of California Unveils New Model for Pharmacy Care

The Complexities of Transparent Hospital Pricing

Scripps Ranks Nationally in Five Specialties, No. 1 for Ortho

"All of Us" Receives $54 Million Grant to Enhance Diversity in National Medical Database

AMA Analysis of 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

EHR Stress, Prescription Messages Impact on Physician Burnout

State Supreme Court Backs Physicians in Unfair Competition Suit Against Aetna

State's Historic Health Care Win for Medi-Cal Patients Sparks Intense Jockeying

Healthcare Industry Sees Surge in Transactions and 'Mega Mergers' in Q2 2023

Physicians, Organizations Blast CMS 2024 Payment Proposals

Palomar Health Grapples with Debt and Impending Partnership Loss

State Sees Divisions, Challenges in the Pursuit of Universal Coverage

Unfair Treatment of Hospitals: The Consequences of Site-Neutral Payments

Physicians Rally to Overhaul Medicare Payment System

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Breaks Ground on $263 Million Expansion Project

Rady Children’s Hospital Makes Honor Roll in U.S. News' Best Children’s Hospitals

Diabetes cases to reach 1.3 billion by 2050, raising concerns over global health systems, disparities

Biden Administration Urges States to Ease Medicaid Cuts as Over 1 Million Enrollees Lose Coverage

Hospitals Grapple with Rising Charity Care, Bad Debt Amid Medicaid Coverage Changes

Critical Shortage of Cancer Medications Threatens Lives of Patients

UHC Pauses Controversial Prior Authorization Policy Amid Backlash

Nationwide Equity Coalition in Healthcare Aims to Transform Healthcare Ecosystem

Medi-Cal Provider Rates to Increase Under State's 23-24 Budget

Appeals Court Temporarily Upholds ACA Preventive Care Mandate

AMA: One in Three Physicians Have Been Sued

AI in Doctor's Offices Looming, Still Far from Seeing Patients

Which San Diego Hospitals Earned Good Grades for Safety?

Medi-Cal Beneficiary Redeterminations Resumes

Surgeon General: Loneliness Pervasive and as Deadly as Smoking

Survey: Nearly 30% of Nurses Ready to Leave Profession

Study Finds 1 in 5 Hospitals at Risk of Closure in California as Local Systems Begin to Cut Staff

Epic, Microsoft Partner on OpenAI tools

Organizations Unite in Support of Medicare Payment Reform Bill

Medical Liability Premiums Increase for Fourth Consecutive Year

Medical Board No Longer Processing Paper-Based License Applications

Medi-Cal Renewal Reinstated After Pandemic Hiatus

Scripps Health Only SD Company to Make Fortune's 100 Best Companies

More Enrollees and Smaller Networks Plague Some ACA Plans

Changes Coming to the US Health System as the End of Covid Emergency Nears

UCSD Health Reports Pixel-tracking Breach

Generic Drug Company Civica to Produce Low-Cost Insulin for California

Scripps Leader Receives Statewide Nurse Practitioner Award

Survey Reveals Physician Practice Environment Not Sustainable to Improve Health Outcomes

Study: Nurses Are Exhausted as Increasing Shortage Looms

Eli Lilly Slashes Insulin Prices

Scripps Receives $2.7 Million to Develop Shoulder Tendon

COVID State of Emergency Officially Over in San Diego

Physician Organizations Unite in Support of Prior Auth Reforms

Statewide $25 Healthcare Minimum Wage Legislation Introduced

Centene to Pay State $215 Million Amid Overbilling Allegations

Sharp Data Breach Impacts Nearly 63,000

Physician Advocacy the Main Focus in Divided Congress

Doctors Say Key Telehealth Provisions, Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable

Scripps, Rady Listed Among Top Orthopedic Programs

AMA President: Congress Must Prioritize Medicare Payment Reform in 2023

Questions Remain Following State's Medi-Cal Contract Concessions

California Residents Brace for Medicaid Protections End

CMS Announces Initiatives to Grow Medicare ACO Participation

Scripps Mercy, Scripps Memorial Announce New Chiefs of Staff

Scripps Green Named Among Top 1% of Hospitals

State Attorney General Sues Drugmakers Over Inflated Insulin Prices

DHCS Changes Course on Medi-Cal Managed Care

Omnibus Includes 2.5% Cut in Medicare Payments for 2023

New Payer Price Transparency Rules Take Effect

Scripps Health Reaches Settlement in Ransomware Attack

National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being Published by National Academy of Medicine

New Changes From Credit Reporting Agencies Not Helping Sinking Medical Debt

AMA Weighs in on Next Years Proposed Physician Pay Schedule

UnitedHealthcare Issued Revised Mailing to Nearly a Third of Providers

ER Bills Remain High, Even When a Patient is Turned Away From Urgent Care

Court Ruling has Doctors Trying to Escape Opioid Charges

AMA Gives Insight on CWO Defining Missions, Developing Strategies

Bill Stabilizing Medicare for Physicians and Patients Introduced to Congress

House Passes Prior Authorization Reform, Protecting Patient Care

Migration to UnitedHealthcare's Commercial Fee Schedule Begins

Bill Reducing Drug Costs, Extend ACA Credits Moves to House

Scripps Named to Best Maternity Hospital List

San Diego’s Magazine Publishes Top Doctors 2020 List

The Appropriate Use of Testing for COVID-19

California's Lack of Vape Restrictions

DHCS Launches Effort to Screen Patients for Childhood Trauma

For Surgeons, BPCI-Advanced Offers New Opportunities for Improved Patient Outcomes

Spine Surgeon Talks Benefits of Affiliation with Blue Shield, Global One

Kura MD to Connect Patients with Physicians Who Can Prescribe Cologuard