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California News Publishers Association (CNPA) has been dedicated to serving California newspapers since 1888, advocating for the interests of its media members and promoting the highest ideals of journalism and a free press. The organization focuses on helping members inform and strengthen their communities while upholding ethics and traditions in the field of journalism. CNPA offers a range of member services, including advocacy, legislative updates, and resources for publishers, while also recognizing excellence in journalism through awards. The organization strives to support its members through various initiatives, fostering collaboration and communication within the California newspaper industry. Generated from the website

The California Department of Managed Health Care helps consumers resolve problems with their health maintenance organizations and ensure a more stable managed health care system. The department's HMO Help Center assists consumers with health care issues. Since the department's inception in 2000, the Help Center has assisted approximately 700,000 Californians to resolve their HMO problems. The department's efforts for a healthier managed health care system include a variety of steps, such as ensuring HMO accountability through prevention and quality of care laws, develop and launch public education and awareness efforts, provide an annual report card on quality of care of the state's HMOs, ensure fiscal accountability for consumer premium dollars and co-payments throughout the HMO system and work to bring managed health care back to its roots of better preventive care. The California Department of Managed Health Care is headquartered in Sacramento, Calif.