Whistleblower says Medicaid managed-care firm improperly denied care to thousands of Californians
(LA Times Business)

In early October, an executive at one of the nation´s largest physician-practice management firms handed her bosses the equivalent of a live grenade - a 20-page report that blew up the company and shook the world of managed care for poor patients across California. For years, she wrote, SynerMed,...