The former president and CEO of a Whittier medical clinic was sentenced Monday to 124 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent billings to a Medi-Cal healthcare program that provides family planning services to low-income Californians who lack health insurance. Vincenzo Rubino, 59, of Valencia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered him ...
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Insight Treatment Hour – Treatment Under Medi-Cal Insurance – June 20, 2022
Host: Frederik Schulin Guest: Lorraine T. Ragosta and Dr. Salma Topic: Treatment Under Medi-Cal Insurance Insight Treatment Hour – Treatment Under Medi-Cal Insurance – June 20, 2022 On this episode of Insight Treatment Hour, our host Frederik Schulin talks with his guests, Lorraine T. Ragosta and Dr. Salma. Frederik starts off the show by talking with Lorraine and Dr. Salma about ...
Read More »Wilk’s ‘Better Vision Act’ For MediCal Patients Clears State Senate
On Tuesday, State Senator Scott Wilk, R- Santa Clarita, announced that Senate Bill (SB)1089, or the ‘Better Vision Act,’ had passed out of the state senate. It was announced this week by Senator Wilk that the Better Vision Act, or SB 1089, had passed out of the state senate. “Bureaucratic red tape has needlessly prevented eye care professionals from serving ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Birth Center ‘Pure Births’ Offers Expectant Mothers Holistic Midwife Services
The Santa Clarita birth center Pure Births is offering expectant mothers in the community holistic midwife services as an alternative to the hospital setting. “A midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle,” ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Pediatrician Weighs In On Recent Defeat Of GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill
Santa Clarita pediatrician Dr. Rochelle Feldman of Prima Pediatrics offered her opinion on the July defeat of a GOP bill that sought to repeal Obamacare during a recent appearance on KHTS AM-1220. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Feldman noted her discussion of the matter was not about political lines, but about ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Valley Medical Supply Business Owner Sentenced In Fraud Case
Ed. Note: The following is a news release provided by the U.S. Department of Justice. The former owner of Santa Clarita Valley-based Ezcor Medical Supply was sentenced Monday in $3.5 million Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Sylvia Walter-Eze, 48, of Stevenson Ranch, California, was found guilty by ...
Read More »Obamacare Brings Changes To Medi-Cal For Patients, Health Care Providers
Whether or not someone opts to buy insurance through the government marketplace, Obamacare--also known as the Affordable Care Act--affects everyone. Those on Medi-Cal and the doctors that treat them will see changes in the coming months.
Read More »Obamacare Impacts Local Doctors, Patients As Jan. 1 Launch Date Nears
Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act, comes into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. As the deadline for open enrollment ends Monday, local doctors and health care providers sound off on how they think the ACA will affect the Santa Clarita Valley.
Read More »AB 109 ‘Year-Two Report’ On County Board Agenda For Tuesday’s Meeting
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will receive a report from the Probation Department at their Tuesday meeting, summarizing the effect of Assembly Bill 109 and prison realignment during the second year of the program.
Read More »Affordable Care Act Could Alter Child And Family Center’s Contract With County
Pending Board approval, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health may alter more than 100 contracts with mental health service providers--including the Child and Family Center--due to Medi-Cal eligibility changes under the Affordable Care Act.
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