IRVINE, Calif. (August 1, 2022) Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., part of the Western Growers Family of Companies (WGFC), has announced it will facilitate patient care as a managing services organization at the Cedar Health and Wellness Center located in Santa Maria, California. This comes after Pinnacle announced

California’s latest COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Bill (AB 84) was signed into law on February 9, 2022 by Governor Newsom. Details of this new legislation are set out below. Employee Use of COVID-related Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) SPSL is available for employees unable to work

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“Act”). The voluminous appropriations and COVID-19 relief package also includes the most significant health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act, addressing balancing billing and cost transparency, as well as extending the COVID-related FSA relief measures

Introduction In October 2020, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (collectively referred to as the “Departments”) released the Transparency in Coverage Final Rules (TIC) requiring, among other things, that non-grandfathered health plans disclose, on a public website, three machine-readable files disclosing health care

To our valued clients: We are pleased to announce that Anthem Blue Cross (“Anthem”) and Dignity Health (“Dignity”) have reached a new contract agreement that returns Dignity facilities to the Anthem network. The agreement is retroactive to July 15, 2021, and any care provided and received through

Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity Health (“Dignity”) have been engaged in negotiations for several months to reach a new contract agreement in California and Nevada for hospital and physician services. Unfortunately, to date, Anthem Blue Cross and Dignity have been unable to come to terms on a new contract that provides greater affordability for our members, and their commercial hospital contract with Dignity may terminate effective July 15, 2021. Anthem Blue Cross continues to negotiate in good faith with Dignity Health in an effort to reach an agreement before the termination date.

IRVINE, Calif. (June 8, 2021) – Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., part of the Western Growers Family of Companies (WGFC), has announced it will facilitate patient care as a managing services organization at the Cedar Health and Wellness Center located in Oxnard, California. This continued venture in the

Pinnacle is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website! Our goal with this website is to provide our visitors with an easier way to learn about our services. We also want to ensure we provide existing clients with easy access to our portals and