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Health executive looks to help others break the glass ceiling
After 22 years at the helm of one of California’s larger health care advocacy organizations, Carmela Castellano-Garcia is looking to her own organization as a way to empower women... Read the full article at the Sac Business Journal website
read moreDHS Kicks the Ladder from Under Immigrants Seeking Green Cards
DHS Kicks the Ladder from Under Immigrants Seeking Green Cards The department’s proposed rule could devastate the health care of millions of immigrants. Read the article here.
read moreBill to provide emergency health services signed by governor
Bill to provide emergency health services signed by governor " Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry’s Assembly Bill 2576 into law over the weekend."
read moreBill to provide emergency health services signed by Gov. Brown
Bill to provide emergency health services signed by Gov. Brown "The action came after it was found there were barriers to clinics’ and other health providers’ ability to provide health care and receive reimbursement for health services clinics during and after the...
read moreDoctors And Dentists Welcome Pay Hike For Treating Low-Income Patients
https://californiahealthline.org/news/doctors-and-dentists-welcome-pay-hike-for-treating-low-income-patients/ "The higher payments for basic services like office visits are expected to help roughly 300 clinics stay financially viable, said Carmela Castellano-Garcia,...
read moreLooking Back, Charging Ahead
Carmela Castellano-Garcia reflects on twenty years of leadership and the potential she sees in the next generation of leaders Read the article here.
read moreWonder Women: Comstock’s celebrates six extraordinary women of influence who are redefining leadership on their own terms
"Carmela Castellano-Garcia was only three years out of Yale Law School when the board of Public Advocates, the law firm where she worked, decided to part ways with the firm’s founding partners. She was left with two other attorneys, also just out of school, and a...
read moreCNN’s Bakari Sellers Headlines Insightful Panel to Tackle ‘The Diversity Problem’ in the Healthcare Profession
"CNN commentator and attorney Bakari Sellers received a standing ovation for his riveting keynote address at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science’s (CDU) third annual President’s Breakfast on Thursday, February 22 at the Marina Del Ray Marriott." Read...
read morePizarro: Heart & Soles run sets sights on a new healthy goal
"The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation’s Heart & Soles run was started with the goal of raising money to put salad bars in Silicon Valley public schools. And in its three years, the race — sponsored by Lam Research — provided funding to purchase high-end...
read moreHere’s how to overcome California’s health care workforce crisis
America’s leaders in all fields are at a crossroads, facing immense challenges with no easy answers.
How can we address the looming climate change crisis?
How do we ensure solvency for Social Security, so our growing senior population can live with dignity?
How do we rebuild our crumbling transportation infrastructure, without breaking the bank?
For health care, which truly is a fundamental need for all of us, one of our great challenges is how to make sure we have enough trained and qualified women and men to care for patients to address the increasing demand for health care services…
Here’s how to overcome California’s health care workforce crisis
Don’t leave community health centers in limbo
Doctor shortage hurting California health centers
As Californians lose their health insurance, Republicans should be held responsible
We’ve missed chances to boost mental health
THE STAGGERING CRISIS: CONFRONTING THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE IN CALIFORNIA
Report: CA Needs to Boost Primary Care Physician Workforce
Let’s fill gaps in state’s health care system
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