French Hospital Medical Center, 1911 Johnson Ave. in San Luis Obispo, was rated the safest hospital in San Luis Obispo County ...

Congressional leaders celebrated the restored $20 million in previously frozen HIV prevention funds and surveillance programs ...

An armed Vance Boetler was spotted in military gear in the Green Isle area Sunday night. Authorities are asking people to shelter in place.

Hospitals must promptly report to the Los Angeles County public health department each time they try to collect medical debt from patients, under an ordinance backed Tuesday by county supervisors.

Soon seven hospitals, including smaller ones such as East L.A. Doctor’s Hospital and Los Angeles Community Hospital will be required to provide data to the county, said county officials.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance Aug. 6 that will require hospitals to inform the county’s health department of attempts to collect medical debt from patients ...

17 Los Angeles hospitals closed their labor wards. Inside the fight to keep one open. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital is losing money, but it's committed to keeping open its labor ward.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the nation to tackle medical debt, targeting hospitals for their role in feeding a $2.9 billion problem.

Los Angeles County has launched one of the most ambitious efforts in the nation to tackle medical debt, targeting hospitals for their role in feeding a $2.9 billion problem.

Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county, is spearheading a comprehensive plan to tackle a $2.9 billion medical debt crisis. Hospitals are still getting on board with the project, which ...

Thirteen hospitals in Los Angeles County have received five-star ratings from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, up from 11 last year, ...