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Author Archives: Bianca Fortis

Bianca Fortis graduated from Columbia's Stabile program in May 2020. Since then, she's worked on a four-person team as part of Columbia Journalism Investigation's cross-border reporting project. She joined the Documenting COVID-19 project in March 2021 and has previously worked with the Chronicle in Centralia, Washington; The Trace nonprofit newsroom in New York City; the cable channel CNBC; the Law & Crime Network; and a researcher to the late investigative journalist Wayne Barrett.

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In late January, thousands of vaccine appointments were cancelled at an OptumServe clinic in the Rohnert Park Community Center in Sonoma County due to a scheduling glitch. Photo by Christopher Chung, The Press Democrat
Posted inCoronavirus

A dozen counties criticized OptumServe for vaccine clinic problems, documents show

by Caitlin Antonios and Bianca Fortis May 25, 2021September 28, 2021

California authorized paying OptumServe up to $221 million. But the company has helped with only 1% of the state’s vaccinations since January.

A fines de enero, se cancelaron miles de citas para vacunas en una clínica OptumServe en el Centro Comunitario de Rohnert Park en el condado de Sonoma debido a una falla en la programación. Foto de Christopher Chung, The Press Democrat
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Una docena de condados criticaron a OptumServe por problemas en las clínicas de vacunas, muestran documentos

Avatar photo by Caitlin Antonios, Bianca Fortis and CalMatters May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
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