Payal Bhandari, MD: SFMS April 2014 Member of the Month Payal Bhandari, MD is a solo independent family physician in Upper Pacific Heights. She is the SFMS Member of the Month for April 2014. April 28, 2014 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Member of the Month, Payal Bhandari, SFMS Member 0 0 Comment Read More »
AB 1805 Bill to Reverse Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cuts Unanimously Pass First Hurdle The Assembly Committee on Health unanimously voted 19-0 on AB 1805 to reverse the 10% Medi-Cal provider reimbursement rate cuts that was enacted as part of the 2011 State Budget Act. April 25, 2014 Advocacy, Medi Cal, Payment Medi-Cal provider reimbursement, Richard Pan, 2014 legislation, AB 1805 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Anthem Blue Cross Exchange Addendum: What Physicians Need to Know Anthem Blue Cross notified more than 11,000 practices who are currently participating in its individual/exchange network of a contract addendum that will become effective July 1, 2014. April 18, 2014 Covered California, Physician Resource, Practice Management Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Exchange Addendum, Covered California, Anthem 0 0 Comment Read More »
Free Risk Assessment Tool to Help Ensure HIPAA Compliance Physicians in small to mid-sized practices can conduct their own risk assessments using a free tool newly available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. April 14, 2014 HIPAA, Physician Resource HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, security risk assessment, SRA tool 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Releases Medicare Physician Payment Data Last night, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly released Medicare physician payment data, which identifies 38 of the top-paid doctors practice in California. April 9, 2014 AMA, Medicare AMA, CMS, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Medicare, Medicare Physician Payment Data 0 0 Comment Read More »