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Qld loses deputy chief health officer too

Queensland’s deputy chief health officer has announced she will leave her job, four days after her boss also revealed exit plans. Dr Sonya Bennett’s last day as deputy chief health officer and executive director of the communicable diseases branch will be Friday next week. She has accepted the role of deputy chief medical officer at… Read More »

Dignity Health loses appeal of Medicaid out-of-network billing case

Dive Brief: L.A. Care, the biggest public Medicaid managed care plan in the country, won an appellate court victory late last week against hospital operator Dignity Health regarding reimbursement for out-of-network patients. The legal dispute centered around L.A. Care patients being admitted through the emergency room at Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, which… Read More »