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South Coast University, Health Plan Team Up To Help Train New Nurses

A nonprofit health care organization on the South Coast which acts like an HMO for Medi-Cal beneficiaries is teaming up with a local university to help train nursing students.

The Gold Coast Health Plan is working with Cal State Channel Islands to give them some hands-on experience.

The students will work with a team of Gold Coast nurses to learn about the managed care process. The agreement calls for a five year pilot program based at the plan’s Camarillo office.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.