Healthcare/Hospital Law
Jan. 15, 2009
New California Law Requires All HMOs to Speak Patients' Language
For years, medical providers in California have relied, sometimes desperately, on hand gestures and Spanglish to communicate with a patient population that increasingly speaks little to no English. Under a new state law, doctors, pharmacists and even health plan administrators will have to do better than that.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - For years, medical providers in California have relied, sometimes desperately, on hand gestures and Spanglish to communicate with a patient population that increasingly speaks little to no English. Under a new state law, doctors, pharmacists and even health plan administrators will have to do better than that. The legislation requires all HMOs to provide their enrollees with access to a tran...
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