State health officials last year launched a first-ever competitive bidding process for its Medi-Cal insurance contracts, but when the winners were announced, several insurers complained about the process and its potential impact on patient care.

California’s nursing agency has approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision.

California’s COVID-19 state of emergency will end Feb. 28, 2023, nearly three years from its initiation, officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced this week. The announcement on Oct.

The agency also warned premiums may double for some enrollees if Congress does not renew federal aid.

Rival California health insurers say the special deal is unfair and could leave them with high-need patients.

While urban counties like Santa Clara show improved COVID-19 data over a year ago, mostly rural regions have more hospitalized COVID-19 patients today than in 2020.

More than 5,300 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in California on Sunday, almost twice the number two weeks earlier.

The California Legislature has approved several Medi-Cal budget items that would remove barriers to care, such as the asset rule. Now it’s negotiating with the governor.

Will state’s bumpy vaccine rollout, more contagious virus mutations, and decision to open up send Covid-19 cases surging again?

The new variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the U.S. in a Colorado National Guardsman.

State leaders believe the rich and influential will have a hard time cutting in line to get the first precious doses of the vaccine.

It’s an ironic twist to the pandemic: When the health care system seems to need workers the most, it can’t afford to keep them all.