Month November 1998

WHA – Western Health Advantage

If you have looked at your Open Renewal packets for this month, you will see that one of the HMOs available to UCD employees is WHA, Western Health Advantage, a consortium composed of Woodland Clinic and Hospital, Mercy Healthcare, NorthBay …

CUCFA at Oakland On Healthcare

Topics of CUCFA’s conversations with the UCOP  have been on the fate of UC Care, Pru-High (especially as an affordable Medigap policy) , the development of risk adjustment policies in pricing, the need for greater freedom in out-of-area coverage and…

1999-2000 Year Budget Highlights

Now that the 1998-99 budget is in place and we are all enjoying the funding increases, including  a 4.5 % salary increase for faculty, CUCFA is beginning to monitor the evolving 1999-2000 budget. UCOP presented a proposal at the October…

Legislative Recap for 1998

by Charles Nash UC faculty had a great deal to be pleased about when the 1998 Legislative session ended. For example: faculty salary increases averaging 4.5% will bring UC salaries to “parity” with our Comparison-8 institutions for the first time…

What Have You Done For me Lately II

by Mary Ann Mason I am now in my second year as President of the UC Council of Faculty Associations, the umbrella organization which unites all seven campus Faculty Associations and maintains a lobbyist in Sacramento. But my colleagues still…