WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The California Dental Association and the Save Our Dental Care coalition have launched a public advocacy campaign urging action to prevent a proposed $1 billion reduction in Medi Cal Dental funding set to take effect July 1. The coalition, composed of 80 health care, labor, workforce and children's advocacy organizations, introduced a new website providing tools for dentists, patients and supporters to contact state legislators and share personal accounts about how the pr  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 15 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * MarinHealth Medical Center nurses to strike on Feb. 18 * Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration's refusal to address RNs' deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing. The nurses are represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Research from Southern California University of Health Sciences shows wide geographic disparities in access to Medicare covered acupuncture, underscoring policy limitations that restrict who may provide the service despite federal coverage approval. Medicare began covering acupuncture in 2020 as a non pharmacologic treatment for chronic low back pain. However, according to findings presented at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine conference, utilization varies   more