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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.