California barred from cutting Medi-Cal rates

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles yesterday granted the request from the California Hospital Association for an order to stop California from imposing the reductions, saying the hospitals had shown there would be irreparable harm if she didn’t halt the cuts temporarily.

The cuts would have saved California $623 million. In another [...]

A hospital chain that gets it. Intermountain Health

I blogged recently about a friend who had severe pneumonia and a very high fever. He was treated at Valley View hospital here in Cedar City UT. They almost certainly saved his life. His original bill for the emergency room and three days in the hospital was $6,400, modest by many hospital standards. The [...]