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Corporate Profile for L.A. Care Health Plan, Dated Oct. 2, 1998.


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Published Date:   Oct. 2, 1998
Company Name:          L.A. Care Health Plan
Address:          3530 Wilshire Blvd.
                  Los Angeles, Calif. 90010
Main Telephone
 Number:          213/251-8300
Chief Executive
 Officer:          Anthony D. Rodgers
Chief Financial
 Officer:          John A. Smits
Chief Operations
 Officer:          Marsha K. Olivier
Chief Medical
 Officer:          David Chernof, MD, FACP
Public Relations
 Contact:          Keith Malone
 Business number: 213/637-2403
 Home number:          323/255-4547
 E-mail address:  kmalone@earthlink.net
Industry:          Health care


Company Description:

L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public entity serving Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County, with more than 583,000 members who receive coverage through the Medi-Cal Medi-Cal is the name of the Medicaid program in the State of California. It is jointly administered by the California State Department of Health Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), operating as a Medical Assistance Program under Title XIX of the  (Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ) or Healthy Families (Children's Health Children's Health Definition

Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence.
 Initiative Program) programs. L.A. Care is operated by a 13-member board of governors who represent medical and health-care professionals, consumer advocates and Medi-Cal consumers. It is one of Caliornia's largest health plans and the nation's largest public health plan.

L.A. Care and the County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
  • Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
  • California Department of Health Services a California state agency
 Public Health Section will launch an innovative pilot health-care project in December December: see month.  1998 for Medi-Cal eligible children with special health needs. The Pilot Project will emphasize family involvement in a child's course of treatment and will serve as many as 6,000 children in the Los Angeles area.
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