A new analysis of financial data from general acute care hospitals in California reveals that private insurers paid on average 209 percent more than what Medicare paid for similar services in 2015 and 2016.
Shelley Lyford, the president and CEO of nonprofit, nonpartisan West Health, has been appointed to the California Commission on Aging (CCoA) by the Senate Rules Committee, with President pro Tempore of the California State Senate Toni Atkins leading the appointment as chair of the committee.
WASHINGTON, DC – April 2, 2019 – The United States currently spends upwards of $420 million per hour on healthcare, a number that is increasing by the minute, and if current trends continue, the nation’s total healthcare spending will top $12 trillion by the year 2040, according to HealthCostCrisis.org, a new interactive website and crisis… Read more »
West Health-Gallup Survey Finds High Cost of Healthcare Causes Significant Worry, Financial Strain for Many Americans, but Political Party Affiliation Colors Views of System at Large
West Health and UC San Diego Health Celebrate Grand Opening of New Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit New state-of-the-art facility is cornerstone of Gary and Mary West’s philanthropic efforts to improve emergency care for seniors across the country SAN DIEGO, CA — February 26, 2019 — The Gary and Mary West… Read more »
Healthcare Innovation Day 2019 set for April 2 to advance common-sense reforms to slow trajectory of skyrocketing healthcare costs
Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit provides specialized environment for older patients and their caregivers
Abstracts deadline extended to July 20th for research in connected health programs Little Rock, AR and San Diego, CA – July 11, 2018 – The 4th Society for Education and the Advancement of Research in Connected Health (SEARCH) Telehealth Research Symposium will take place on October 24th and 25th, 2018 in San… Read more »
Over three-quarters of Iowa voters feel the cost of prescription drugs is “unreasonable” and mostly disapprove of how President Trump and both parties in Congress are handling the issue, according to a new poll released today by the West Health Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit healthcare research organization.
Over three-quarters of Ohio voters feel the cost of prescription drugs is “unreasonable” and more than half are not satisfied with how President Trump and members of both parties of Congress are handling the issue, according to a new poll released today by the West Health Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit healthcare research organization.