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Anthem Blue Cross and seven top hospital systems have partnered to offer Anthem Blue Cross Vivity, an integrated health system in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
On Saturday, Aug. 16, Family Health Centers of San Diego will present its eighth annual family health and fitness fair ¡Vive tu vida! Get Up! Get Moving!
A pilot program for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System lowered the price of members’ hip and knee replacement surgeries by 19 percent in one year.
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) and Assemblywoman Shirley N. Weber will host three celebrations Aug. 9, combining three major events into a single unified celebration at the new Diamond Neighborhoods Family Health Center.
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) formed by Anthem Blue Cross (Anthem) and HealthCare Partners in California produced $4.7 million in savings for the first six months of 2013 compared to a comparison group.
Patient Safety First ... a California Partnership for Health (PSF) was awarded the esteemed 2013 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award by the National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission in Washington, D.C. for the collaborative’s work in reducing early elective deliveries, hospital-acquired infections, and avoiding 3,576 deaths and more than $63 million in otherwise unnecessary hospital costs between 2009 and 2012.
Kaiser Permanente San Diego has appointed two executive leaders.
After almost a decade, a Medicare payment inequity costing San Diego County's physicians roughly $100 million annually ($10,000 per physician per year) has been resolved.
Hospital, county, city and business leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the opening of Kaiser Permanente's new medical office building that will provide care to North County residents.
Local health care and community leaders gathered Feb. 19 to celebrate the opening of the Scripps Proton Therapy Center.
Kaiser Permanente San Diego is hosting a workshop for nonprofit organization leaders, development directors and other interested individuals who want to learn more about Kaiser's benefit resources, which are available to nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations serving San Diego County.
The San Diego Public Library is partnering with Sanitas Inc. to provide software to visitors of the Central Library to help them learn more about potential health risks and chronic conditions. This software, which is free to those who use it onsite, was exclusively created for the library and is an integration of Sanitas products, Wellaho and Family Healthware.
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It has been called confusing, aggravating and unworkable by many, and a godsend by others. It is the Affordable Care Act, and private companies and even insurance carriers are still trying to figure out what it all means.
After taking a sharp hit during the recession, nonprofit organizations in San Diego County began to make a comeback last year, according to the first annual State of Nonprofits report released this month by the University of San Diego.
April 17, 2014 -- George Chamberlin speaks with Steve Scott, vice president and general manager of Large Groups for Anthem Blue Cross, about the impact of the Affordable Care Act.
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