Take a number, please… shorter wait times at your local HMO
People wait in line at a government employment office at Santa Eugenia's Madrid suburb on January 20, 2010.
If your HMO doctors don’t call you back within a half hour, or see you within a certain number of days – they could be penalized. New regulations from the California Department of Managed Health Care start the clock on how long you have to wait for treatment. Will this make for a healthier population, or will it stretch your doctor too thin to give proper care?
For information about timely access regulation call 1-888-466-2219, or visit the DMHC's Help Center online.
Guests:
Rick Martin, Deputy Director of the California Department of Managed Health Care
Patrick Johnston, CEO and President of the California Association of Health Plans
Dr. Brennan Cassidy, President of the California Medical Association
- Patt Morrison for January 21, 2010
- The death of McCain-Feingold, the birth of unlimited corporate campaign spending
- Take a number, please… shorter wait times at your local HMO
- Storm update: it’s still raining
- Investigation of 2008 Metrolink crash finds the engineer ran a red light
- CBS to Focus on the Family during 2010 Super Bowl
- Ed Harris in “Wrecks”
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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