Special Session on Medi-Cal Financing Underway in the Capitol Governor Jerry Brown has convened a special legislative session on health care financing. Legislators will be working through August 2015 to come up with new funding for developmental disability services, in-home supportive services, and the Medi-Cal program. July 22, 2015 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, Medicaid MCO tax, Medi-Cal funding 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFGH to Host 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid Celebration Join SFGH and CMS Region IX at a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid on July 30, 2015. July 20, 2015 Local Events, Medicaid, Medicare, San Francisco General Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare 50th anniversary, San Francisco General Hospital 0 0 Comment Read More »
Package of Tobacco Bills Reintroduced to Raise Smoking Age, Regulate e-Cigarettes SFMS and CMA join our Save Lives California coalition partners to applaud California lawmakers reintroduced a package of six tobacco bills this week to fight the No. 1 cause of preventable death in California: tobacco use. July 17, 2015 Advocacy, CMA, News, Public Health e-cigarettes, Save Lives California, tobacco, tobacco legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
Highlights from AMA’s 2015 House of Delegates The American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates tackled a diverse set of resolutions this year that are of interest to California physicians, including medical-only exemptions from school vaccination requirements, electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use, ICD-10 implementation, Medicaid rates and opioid abuse. July 14, 2015 AMA AMA House of Delegates, EHR, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Proposes Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care New CMS proposed rule includes a 0.5% overall increase in Medicare reimbursement in 2016 for all providers and assigns codes to pay providers for end-of-life consultations. July 13, 2015 Health Care Reform, News CMS proposed rule, end-of-life care, Medicare provider reimbursement 0 0 Comment Read More »
