The Health Care Price Relief Act would create a committee to set health care reimbursements for providers in the private-insurance market serving employers and individuals.
The lawsuit marked a bold move against the state's dominant health care system in Northern California as concerns mount nationally about consolidation among hospitals, insurers and other industry middlemen.
A California lawmaker is seeking to rein in addiction treatment centers and dialysis providers accused of profiteering off vulnerable patients by collecting millions of dollars in inflated medical claims.
Evidence is mounting that Medicaid's rapid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has far outstripped the government's ability to monitor the taxpayer money it turns over to insurers.
Evidence is mounting that Medicaids rapid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has far outstripped the governments ability to monitor the taxpayer money it turns over to insurers.
In early October, an executive at one of the nations largest physician-practice management firms handed her bosses the equivalent of a live grenade a 20-page report that blew up the company and shook the world of managed care for poor patients across California.