health care

Shasta County supervisors approved a $25 million contract with Mediko to provide jail health care services after five in-custody deaths and concerns about understaffing.

Many parts of Oregon are lacking in mental health care providers, especially in rural counties.

California spent hundreds of millions on prison and hospital healthcare staff, auditors found, but vacancy rates rose since 2019, exceeding 30% at three facilities despite bonuses and pay raises, with inadequate oversight and planning.

Hospitals argue that spending caps imposed by an affordability office will result in layoffs, cuts in health care services and reduced access to care for Californians.

A lawsuit alleges Jackson County and Wellpath, a company that provides health care services at the jail, violated the rights of an inmate who died in custody.

Providence Medford Medical Center confirmed this week that it temporarily closed its endoscopy department because some equipment was not being properly sanitized.

Backers say SB 951 will close a loophole that has allowed health care decisions to be increasingly driven by profit motives.

Shasta County supervisors voted Tuesday to hire a new health care consultant to help address the shortage of providers in the county. But the person they chose has a controversial history.

The agency ousted two top health care officials, including its chief of medicine, and plans a comprehensive review.

California sued Donald Trump 123 times during his first presidency. Trump lost about two-thirds of cases filed against his administration, but that doesn’t guarantee the same results this time around.

Alleged victims of drug diversion have filed a new multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Medford hospital.

Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers.