RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who was convicted on felony charges for a fatal medical error, argued in a hearing Tuesday that her license was improperly revoked by the state Board of Nursing, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, the District of Columbia, and Tennessee.

• California: Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini on Tuesday told investors the company will stop sales on the Covered California health insurance exchange at the end of the year. According to Oscar Health CFO Sid Sankaran, the company chose to exit the exchange after consistently recording a 100% medical loss ratio there. "While California is an important [Affordable Care Act] state, we'll take a pause while we do the work to reenter the market on a more sustainable basis," Sankaran said. (Tepper, Modern Healthcare, 5/9)
• District of Columbia: The American Psychological Association (APA) on Tuesday issued recommendations intending to guide how teenagers use social media. In the report, APA summarized recent findings about teens and social media and advised actions, primarily by parents, including monitoring teens' social media feeds and training them in social media literacy. "Right now, I think the country is struggling with what we do around social media," said Arthur Evans, CEO of APA. Evans said the report provides the latest science about social media to arm people "with the information that they need to be good parents and to be good policy makers in this area." (Doucleff, "Shots," NPR, 5/9)
• Tennessee: RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who was  convicted  on felony charges for a fatal medical error, argued in a hearing Tuesday that her license was improperly revoked by the state Board of Nursing. Vaught's lawyer, Peter Strianse, argued the state Department of Health initially reviewed Vaught's case and concluded it "did not merit further action," but then reversed its decision a year later, charging Vaught with unprofessional conduct and revoking her license. Strianse suggested that outside pressure led to the Board's reversal and that the second review was improper. However, Assistant Attorney General Trent Meriweather argued the second review was proper as it was based on a new complaint. "Nothing stops the Department of Health from choosing to go after the unprofessional conduct on a new complaint at a later date," he said. For her part, Vaught said the goal is "not to get my license back" but to highlight some of the issues surrounding the Board's decision. (Langston, WKRN, 5/9; Loller, Associated Press, 5/9)