Legislative Alert: Urge Legislators to Oppose Bill that would Require Medical Board Investigations for Prescription Drug Deaths On June 26, the Assembly Business and Professions Committee will be considering a bill that would require a coroner to file a report with the medical board when a controlled substance is found to be a contributing factor in a death. June 25, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation Assembly Business and Professions Committee, Controlled Substance, Coroner, Legislation, Legislative Alert, Medical Board, SB 62 0 0 Comment Read More »
Noridian EDI: Early On-Boarding In preparation for the cutover from Palmetto GBA, Noridian is offering “early boarding” to ensure physician offices are transitioned without any interruption in your business. June 13, 2013 Medicare, Resources Noridian, Palmetto GBA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislation Jeopardizes Patient Safety As health care delivery becomes more complex, expanding the team of health care professionals that serves patients makes sense. June 13, 2013 Legislation Coalition for Patient Access and Quality Care, SB 491, SB 492, SB 493 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislation To Repeal SGR Unveiled The Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans unveiled draft legislation that would repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and replace it with a new system for determining Medicare physician payments. June 13, 2013 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, legislation, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medi-Cal Cuts Challenged This week 8,000 physicians, administrators and healthcare workers joined together at the State Capitol to voice their opposition to the Medi-Cal cuts that are scheduled to be implemented next month. June 13, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Resources Medi-Cal, State Capitol, We Care for California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Covered California Update Covered California, the state agency implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has announced participating health insurers and proposed premiums for the state's exchange. 13 commercial health plans were selected to offer products on the exchange, including California's three largest insurance providers, Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California. June 13, 2013 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation ACA, Affordable Care Act, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente 0 0 Comment Read More »
Funding UCR School of Medicine California’s Senate and Assembly have unanimously approved identical bills appropriating $15,000,000 annually from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for allocation to the School of Medicine at UC Riverside. June 13, 2013 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Riverside County Community Assembly, CA Senate, Council on Graduate Medical Education, Federal Legislation, Funding, Legislation, UC Riverside 0 0 Comment Read More »
Gary Honts Named Chief Executive Officer for JFK Memorial Hospital Gary Honts, who has been leading JFK Memorial Hospital in an interim role since September 2012, has been named permanent chief executive officer. June 12, 2013 Community, Riverside County Community, Riverside County Community CEO, Gary Honts, JFK Memorial Hospital, Tenet 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge Your Assembly Member to Support Bill to Close ACA Loophole Please contact your legislators today and urge them to support this important bill, which would increase funding for Medi-Cal providers and incentivize large companies to provide adequate employer-sponsored coverage. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Resources AB 880, ACA, Legislative Alert, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge your Legislator to OPPOSE Bills to Expand Scope of Nonphysician Practitioners Urge your assembly members to OPPOSE SB 491, SB 492 and SB 493 today! These bills would provide nurse practitioners with independent practice, allow optometrists to perform surgical and nonsurgical primary care beyond their scope of practice, and create a new advanced practice pharmacist who can prescribe medication and administer immunizations. Ultimately, these bills will put patients at risk and lower the quality of care provided in our state. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation Hernandez, Legislative Alert, SB 491, SB 492, SB 493, Scope of Practice 0 0 Comment Read More »
