There has been a consistent decline since July, officials said, when nearly 886,000 people were enrolled with CalOptima, ...

After former County Supervisor Andrew Do pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for arranging multi-million dollar contracts, leaders of Orange County’s health plan for the poor brought in ...

The audit did not identify instances in which Do improperly directed CalOptima funds to specific organizations when he served on the health agency’s board.

Today, the CalOptima Health Board of Directors released the findings of an independent investigation it authorized into certain expenditures made during the ...

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Orange-based CalOptima Health announced today it has committed $8 million to support local food distributors and assist Medi-Cal members amid uncertainty about food benefits due to the federal ...

CalOptima Health is the largest health insurer in Orange County and nearly one out of every three residents rely on it. With the healthcare system under pressure from federal cuts and policy changes, ...

Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her local health plan in Orange one morning after picking up free groceries. She brought her husband, teenage ...

CalOptima Health, the single largest health insurer in Orange County, announced that Chief Executive Michael Hunn is retiring, effective Dec. 31. “I am proud of everything we have achieved at ...

There were calls. And texts. And emails — all nudging Brian Helleland to use his role on the board of directors at CalOptima Health to ensure the agency kept backing a planned healthcare center in ...