Four were arrested Oct. 4 under charges alleging more than $49 million in bogus Medicare fees.
Tag: Healthy Communities
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Laguna Beach, Top Stories, Transportation
New Hope and New Struggles in Treating Patients With AIDS
As treatment has evolved, the challenge now is to test more routinely, keep patients on their medicines and care for aging survivors.
Posted inEducation, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Questions Surround Attorneys’ Actions in Special Ed Case
Records show that attorneys for Garden Grove Unified School District may have behaved unethically in effort to sway appellate court.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Board Fills Two CalOptima Seats
Anaheim Planning Commission chairman and community clinic CEO appointed to four-year terms.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Many in OC Will Still Be Uninsured Despite New Health Care Law
As many as 370,000 residents — about 13 percent — could remain without health insurance when the law takes full effect in 2014.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
A ‘Brotherhood’ Fights Families Wanting Special Ed
The Orange County Special Education Alliance is an obscure public agency that uses taxpayer money to help pay the legal bills of school districts battling families over providing special education services.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
OC Families Face Fierce Fight for Special Ed Services
Local school districts rack up large legal bills in efforts to avoid paying for services sought by families, sometimes paying more for lawyers than the services would have cost.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Some Districts Refuse to Release Cost Records
Voice of OC requested under the California Public Records Act legal bills for special education lawsuits from several Orange County school districts. Some complied, some didn’t.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Treatment Costs for Valley Fever Mount for Patients and Taxpayers
Valley fever is epidemic in parts of California. At more than $100,000 for a typical hospital stay, the disease is more costly to treat than any of California’s 25 most common conditions requiring hospitalization.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
OCTA Proposal Would Increase Bus Fares by 33 Percent in February
Orange County Transportation Authority officials say they must raise fees because of dwindling ridership and rising operating costs.
