San Benito County Health Articles

Applications for the 2025 Hazel Hawkins Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Awards are now available.

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Insight Health has denied allegations that it engages in questionable practices to defraud insurance companies and sell patients unneeded services, as alleged in a recent American Prospect magazine article. Insight, which is negotiating with the …

Information provided by the Office of Assemblymember Dawn Addis. Lea este artículo en español aquí.Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) has been appointed Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health by Speaker Robert Rivas. In this capacity, Addis will oversee …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Mallory Schmitt, San Benito County’s deputy director of public health services, said the general public is not at a high risk from the bird flu outbreak that led Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state …

California may have more than a million fighting birds, according to the Center for a Humane Economy.

Lea este artículo en español aquí.The San Benito Health Care District monthly meeting is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. A damning investigation by The American Prospect magazine into Insight Health claims that the company engages in questionable business …

Information provided The San Benito Health Care District. Lea este artículo en español aquí.The San Benito Health Care District (District) announced the next steps in the ongoing process to finalize the lease-to-own transaction between Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital (HHMH) and …

Santa Clara County on Dec. 2 launched its new “CARE Court” process, a 24-month program that offers support for people facing mental health challenges and are at risk of becoming embroiled in the criminal court system.

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Jacob’s Heart is honored to be selected as a grant recipient by the Community Foundation for San Benito County. As one of Jacob’s Heart’s service areas, these funds will support families in the region facing …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital did not renew Dr. Nick Gabriel’s contract that ended Nov. 22, according to a notice shared with BenitoLink. The notice was sent to Gabriel, a general surgeon, on Nov. 6, a …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Fifteen days after voters approved a measure allowing the San Benito Health Care District Board of Directors to move forward with plans to sell Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, the board renewed Mary Casillas’ contract as …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital announced Nov. 18 that voters approved San Benito Health Care District’s Measure X, which was ahead by 722 votes in the latest update issued Nov. 14.Passage of Measure X will give …

Information provided by Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County. Lea este artículo en español aquí.The Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County’s Empowered Aging Division announced today that it is expanding the “A Matter of Balance” falls prevention program to San …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.North American Mental Health Services (NAMHS) is opening a new clinic in Hollister that will provide comprehensive mental health services. Originally known as Native American Mental Health Services, the organization was founded in 2011 and …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Following Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage’s withdrawal of local services in 2023, United Healthcare has announced it will no longer offer Medicare Advantage plans to its members in San Benito County. United's coverage will end …

The County of Santa Clara announced last week that it will be augmenting its substance use treatment services with additional inpatient, residential and outpatient offerings through the Behavioral Health Services Department and Santa Clara Valley Healthcare to serve thousands of …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Insight Health, the company looking to take over Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, terminated an agreement with CarePoint Health, which operates a hospital group in Hudson County, New Jersey. Insight’s CEO, Dr. Jawad Shah stepped down …

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Dr. Erica Ceballos had been working at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Tijuana for nine years when she was referred to apply for a program that allowed Mexican doctors to practice in underserved …

San Benito County voters have the fate of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in their hands this Nov. 5 election as they decide on a ballot measure proposing its sale to an out of state company.

Lea este artículo en español aquí.San Benito County voters are presented with a question on the Nov. 5 ballot—known as Measure X—which seeks voter input on a lease-sale agreement for Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital “to nonprofit Insight Health Foundation of …