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Asian health center tries unconventional approach to counseling

Facing a dire shortage of bilingual and culturally attuned therapists, an Oakland, California, community clinic serving Asian immigrants has trained staffers in a victim support unit to provide lay counseling

Oct 10, 2024

an ambulance sits parked in a parking lot

AN AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AMBULANCE PARKED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. AMR, THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE U.S., IS ENDING NONEMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION FOR 12 HOSPITALS IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES, CITING LOW STATE REIMBURSEMENT RATES./JUDY LIN/KHN

Ambulance Company To Halt Some Rides In Southern California, Citing Low Medicaid Rates

American Medical Response said its pullout from two counties in California will primarily affect Providence, the Catholic health system.

Oct 31, 2022

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Doctors Now Must Provide Patients Their Health Data, Online and On Demand

A federal rule went into effect April 5 that requires health care providers to give patients electronic access to their health information without delay at no cost.

May 18, 2021