Health care takes digital leap forward
Telemedicine’s future took another leap forward Tuesday with the launch of the California Telehealth Network, the most ambitious foray yet into the rapidly developing field that links doctors and patients via high-tech tools.
Dr. Thomas Nesbitt, r…
Hearing set for Sutter on its ban of 6 doctors
A Sacramento County judge on Monday ordered Sutter Health to justify its action barring six doctors, all partners of Radiological Associates of Sacramento, from practicing at its Sacramento area hospitals.
Health care would take huge hit, officials say
It was another afternoon of bad news and grim testimony Tuesday before the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, who are staring at a $122 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Ann Edwards-Buckley, director of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services, addresses supervisors Tuesday.
Countywide Services Agency interim chief Bruce Wagstaff tells supervisors Tuesday what effect budget cuts would have.
CMA veteran Corcoran named group’s CEO
The California Medical Association went in-house to pick its next chief executive officer, promoting a 12-year veteran of the organization, Dustin Corcoran, the CMA announced.
Corcoran replaces Alfred Gilchrist, who spent two months in the job before recently announcing his departure. Gilchrist said he would return to Colorado and resume his position as CEO of the Colorado Medical Society.
Corcoran joined the CMA in 1998 as membership coordinator for its political action committee. He later worked as a lobbyist on such issues as emergency medicine, tobacco use and overhauling health care.
The medical association represents more than 35,000 physicians.
Tell us your open-enrollment story
Open enrollment, that annual head-scratching ritual, is again upon many of us. We’d like to hear about the tough decisions you’ll have to make. Have your insurance premiums increased and benefits changed? Let The Bee health care writer Bobby Caina Calvan know what you’re going through. Reach him by phone at (916) 321-1067 or via e-mail at bcalvan@sacbee.com. Please include a phone number in your e-mail.