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The public will soon have quality data about those ambulatory surgical centers that are reimbursed by Medicare. Read More »
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Advanced EMTs practically overlooked, except by Border Patrol
State data on first-responders shows how a rarely used certification helps U.S. Border Patrol agents provide medical care in emergencies. Read More »
Murky rule generates expensive tax turmoil for California caregivers
Some Californians who receive state payments for providing home care to the elderly or people with disabilities may have paid too much tax and others may have paid too little. Read More »
Report reveals infection rates for individual San Diego hospitals
The report by the Leapfrog Group, which represents employers who buy health coverage, provides information consumers can use about two types of potentially deadly infections. The data is more specific than what Medicare offers. Read More »
San Diego Hospice could have been saved
The hospice, considered a pioneering organization in end-of-life care, closed in 2013 amid a Medicare audit that alleged it owed the federal government more than $110 million in false claims. Read More »
San Diego doctors win long campaign for higher Medicare pay
San Diego area doctors seldom complain to their patients about low Medicare pay. But for two long decades, many have complained bitterly to each other. That’s because an old and complex federal formula reimburses physicians here as if they were practicing in “rural” areas, and assumes their costs of rent and staff are low, resembling those in Fresno or El ... Read More »
Care for San Diego’s dying patients needs to improve, study finds
Health care providers in the San Diego region rank poorly in how they care for older, dying patients in three important ways, according to a national report released Wednesday. Read More »
Medical data thievery ensnares at least 30,000 San Diegans
Theft of patient information is an expensive and growing problem for health care providers that range from big hospitals to small community clinics. Read More »
Team effort unlocks mystery of man on life support in Coronado
It took 16 years and a binational team of government officials and citizens to identify him, but finally the family of a man on life support in Coronado has some answers. Read More »
John Doe in San Diego identified after 16 years on life support
A man on life support for 16 years has finally be identified by an alliance of nonprofits, government officials and Border Patrol agents. Read More »