California: HMOs not meeting national standards in basic areas, report says

October 19, 2007

Many Californians enrolled in healthcare plans are receiving inadequate preventive care, a government report said Thursday.

The eight largest plans in the state fail to ensure that their 12 million members are sufficiently tested and treated to prevent and detect major diseases and reduce unnecessary expenses, according to the California Office of the Patient Advocate’s report, called the Health Care Quality Report Card. (Los Angeles Times)