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The vaccination rate for California kindergartners went down last school year, including in San Diego County, after hitting a record high the previous year. Read More »
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Medicare to pay $450 to help seniors lose weight, avoid diabetes
Oscar and Teri Lara of Rancho Bernardo were diagnosed with prediabetes a few months ago, a condition 86 million Americans share. That means the retired couple live with a greater chance they’ll develop diabetes, which can lead to heart, nerve, kidney and eye disease, and an early death. The Laras are lucky. Nine in 10 Americans don’t know they have ... Read More »
Newsletter: AIDS remains a stubborn foe in San Diego County
Newsletter for May 30, 2016. Read More »
Newsletter: Surgery center quality will soon be open to public scrutiny
Newsletter for April 14, 2016. 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 »
Millennium Health, feds reach settlement
Millennium Health, a San Diego-based clinical laboratory and the county's top recipient of Medicare funds in 2012, has reached a settlement over false billing claims. Read More »
Flu triggers ‘vaccinate or mask’ rules at hospitals
Health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and ambulances are required to be vaccinated against the flu or wear a surgical mask. Read More »