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Calif. Blues says UCLA profits unreasonable
Blue Shield of California is using full-page newspaper ads to call out the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) for unreasonable profits, reported LA Weekly. Arguing that hospitals must
UCLA Medical Center accused of driving up rates
Blue Shield of California has accused the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center and other UC hospitals of banning together in a "carefully orchestrated negotiating strategy" to
Blue Shield claims hospitals joined forces to drive higher rates
Blue Shield of California is publicly calling out UCLA Medical Center for causing an impasse in contract negotiations. Since the insurer has voluntarily capped its profits at 2 percent , it has
UCLA Health System pays $865G to settle HIPAA violation charges
UCLA Health System has agreed to pay a fine of $865,000 and to develop a correction action plan to settle potential HIPAA privacy violations involving improper disclosures of medical records at its
California fines 7 facilities for privacy breaches
The California Department of Public Health has fined six hospitals and a nursing home a total of $792,500 for failing to prevent unauthorized access to patient data. Kern Medical Center in
County officials want to eyeball hospital's peer reviewed cases
Los Angeles County supervisors requested access to two years' worth of peer-reviewed cases at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county officials' interest in digging
Are user-friendly hospital charges an oxymoron?
With more than 30 states requiring hospitals to disclose at least some of their charges and members of Congress pushing hospitals to disclose information about their prices, pressure is mounting for
California hospitals to begin bundled-payment demo
Seeking to find the nexus between improving patient outcomes and reducing costs, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires that the Department of Health and Human Services establish
SPOTLIGHT: Debate continues over costly end-of-life care
According to the Dartmouth end-of-life analysis, Medicare spends about $50,000 during a patient's last six month of life when treated at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, compared with $25,000
Man convicted of selling UCLA cadavers
A businessman has been found guilty of grand theft, embezzlement and tax evasion charges for selling human body parts donated to UCLA's medical school. Ernest Nelson, 51, was convicted of selling
