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Could CVS MinuteClinic alleviate long VA wait times?
The experiment begins Wednesday at the VA’s operations in Palo Alto, California.
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Do you advise self-insured employers? You Can Help Us!
Take part in this survey and share some of the trends you are seeing among your clients across healthcare, including chronic conditions, behavioral health and navigation.
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Legislators pass bill requiring pharmacies to provide multilingual medication instructions
Upon request from patients or their caregivers, pharmacists would need to provide medication instructions in Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean. The instructions could be on prescription labels or in patient handouts.
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California puts off controversial plan to shift kids with serious conditions into managed care
Families of CCS children, child advocates and the children’s hospital lobby had criticized the state’s transition plan, saying that Medi-Cal managed care hasn’t worked well for other vulnerable populations.
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Is diverting ambulances with heart attack patients away from crowded ERs a death sentence?
Heart-attack patients whose ambulances had been diverted to an ER farther away were nearly 10 percent more likely to be dead one year later than those whose ambulances were not diverted.