Healthcare providers: Find a doctor or other licensed healthcare provider; check a provider's license, file a complaint.

Health insurance, medical groups, and hospitals: Private insurance, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), Medicare, Medi-Cal, hospitals, nursing homes.

Fraud and scams: How to spot diet scams or bogus medical cures.

Medicines: Pharmacists, prescription drug coverage and discount programs, using medication safety.

Mental health: Psychiatrists, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers; finding mental health services.

Staying well: Fitness, weight control, nutrition.

Your rights: Medical privacy, end-of-life care, hospice.

 

Osteopathic doctors

Pharmacists

Physical and occupational therapists

Doctors of Podiatric Medicine
Publications: Diabetics: Keep an Eye on Your Feet (), Orthotics Can Help ().

Respiratory care practitioners
Publication:

 

• How to choose a medical group.
• Medical group report card.

 

• Comparing nursing homes.
• Nursing home citations by county.
• Guide to long-term care in California.
• How to find a facility in California.
• Hospital quality compare (all U.S. hospitals).
• Rating hospital quality in California.

 

 

Health Fraud Awareness (video).
FDA 101: Health Fraud Awareness.
Beware of Online Cancer Fraud.
187 Fake Cancer Cures Consumers Should Avoid.
Who cares: Sources of Information About Health Care Products and Services.

Weight loss and fitness
Weighing the Evidence in Diet Ads.

 

• Marriage and family therapists
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Clinical social workers
• Psychiatric technicians

 

• How to choose a doctor.
• Is your doctor Board certified?
• Check your doctor's license.
• File a complaint against a doctor or allied health professional.
• What is a licensed midwife?
• What does a medical assistants do?
• What does a physician assistant do?

 

• Registered nurses
• Nurse midwives
• Vocational nurses

• Registered dispensing opticians (for eyeglasses and contact lenses)
• Optometrists
• Ophthalmologists

 

• California Health Plan Report Card.
• Selecting group coverage through your work.
• Finding individual coverage.
• Lost your job? Keep your coverage.
• Consumer guide to health insurance.
• State and Federal agencies that oversee health plans.
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• Original Medicare Plan (Part A and Part B).
• Medicare Advantage Plans (an HMO or PPO; sometimes called Part C).
• Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part D).
• Medigap (Medicare Supplemental Policy).

 

• Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
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• How to file a complaint about a pharmacy or pharmacist.

 

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• Be cautious when choosing online psychotherapy.
• How to find mental health services.
• Aging and mental health.