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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.
Kaiser Permanente San Diego has been named among the nation's "Top Hospitals" by the Leapfrog Group.
"Home and Healthy for the Holidays" is back for a second year. Family Health Centers of San Diego will once again use the power of fun to raise money for a very real and compelling need: health care for the homeless.
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) recently achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and is now interviewing candidates for its new Family Medicine Residency Program. FHCSD will accept six residents per year for the three-year residency training program.
The Health Care Communicators of San Diego County hosts its HCC Morning Coffee Social on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Corner Bakery Café in the UTC Mall, next to Sears.
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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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