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Supervisors say changes will increase oversight of the county’s health plan for poor and disabled residents. Critics are encouraged by some of the changes but skeptical that too much power will remain with the hospital industry.
The health plan took delivery of a $90,391 cashier’s check, but the sender refused to reveal who donated the money.
The board last week voted unanimously to send a two-page letter that largely dismisses the grand jury’s findings.
The board has until the end of April to answer the grand jury’s accusations that Supervisor Janet Nguyen has damaged the health plan.
Two former CalOptima board members blast Supervisor Janet Nguyen about grand jury allegations of lobbyist ties to health care ordinance changes. Nguyen meets with reporters Wednesday at 10 a.m.
The report raises troubling questions about hospital lobbyists writing ordinance changes to CalOptima, the county’s $1.4-billion health plan for the poor and elderly, and the health industry’s campaign cash connections to county Supervisor Janet Nguyen.
Board unanimously approves appointing Michael Schrader of Boston HealthNet on same day it received demand from former chairman Ed Kacic.
Michael D. Stephens said the demand by the county health care plan is part of a series of “surreal events.”
The county’s health plan for the poor also wants two nonprofits to pay for staff time and office space provided by Cal Optima.
Board asserts the claim results from “unauthorized use of resources” by former chairmen, but it offers no details.