Healthcare Regulation and Reform

When an expert on correctional health care toured Riverside County’s jails in 2015, he found a shocking situation: For the past two years, one lone physician had been on staff to serve a system that booked almost 60,000 inmates a year.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

Critics of Orange County’s jails fear that not enough action is being taken to improve health care in the wake of a series of recent watchdog reports that raised serious concerns about inmates’ well-being.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

The Federal Trade Commission asked a Vanderbilt University law professor to set the stage for a discussion on state laws that shield merging hospital rivals from antitrust actions.

Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

San Diego hospitals lose millions annually in psychiatric services. Against that backdrop, where do their financial obligations in behavioral health begin and end? The San Diego County Board of Supervisors recently grappled with the question.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics