Nearly half of Anaheim’s residents are on public health plans – an indicator of poverty in the area. Now, that health coverage is threatened after changes to the renewal process.
Tag: CalOptima
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Nearly 200,000 Orange County Residents Could Lose Public Health Coverage
The return of eligibility checks for people on public health plans might also spell issues for OC’s community health clinic network.
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After Scathing State Audit, is OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Getting the Message?
Responding to a scathing state audit that called out CalOptima’s CEO hiring practices, agency leaders on Thursday approved a new hiring policy that exempts its CEO.
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With Drops in Critical Safety Nets Looming, OC Hosts a Resource Fair in Santa Ana
With additional food benefits ending and the eligibility for Medi-Cal being redetermined, County officials and nonprofits are hosting a resource fair to help residents sign up for benefits.
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Should a Public Official Be Making $840,000 Handling Healthcare for OC’s Neediest?
Former chairs of CalOptima’s board called the raises “extremely egregious” and “out of line.” CEO Michael Hunn makes twice as much as the U.S. President while he heads up OC’s public health care plan.
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Top Official Resigns From OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Following Revelations of State Probe
Chairman Andrew Do quit his CalOptima board position on Thursday – the day after Voice of OC reported state officials are investigating the agency for large salary spikes and hiring practices.
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Sacramento is Investigating Pay Spikes and Hiring Practices at OC’s Health Plan for the Poor
It’s “startling” to see what some of CalOptima’s executives are making, said Sharon Quirk-Silva, the state assemblywoman who pushed for the audit.
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In Wake of ‘Pay to Play’ Fine at OC’s Health Plan for the Poor, Legislators Consider Action
County supervisors like Andrew Do could be banned from working for CalOptima in the year after leaving office.
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Local Politicos Fuel Takeover of Orange County’s Health Plan For the Poor
A longtime political aide to county supervisors’ Chairman Andrew Do with less than a year of work experience in healthcare administration has just moved into a $282,000 job as a top advisor to the health plan’s CEO.
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OC Supervisors Make Controversial Hospital Executive Appointment to Public Health Plan Board
A narrow majority of OC supervisors ignored concerns from a regional hospital association when they made a CalOptima board appointment last week.
