Obama’s New Fiscal Cliff Offer Proposes Repeal of SGR White House’s latest “fiscal cliff” offer proposes a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) alongside $400 billion health care savings. December 18, 2012 News, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, Doc fix, fiscal cliff, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Surgeons Choose Hospital Employment Over Private Practice General surgeons and surgical subspecialists are opting for hospital employment over private practice, according to a database study published in the Archives of Surgery. December 18, 2012 News hospital employment, Archives of Surgery, practice trends 0 0 Comment Read More »
December SFM Crossword (Cranial Nerves) Puzzle Answers Answer to the December 2012 San Francisco Medicine crossword puzzle, Cranial Nerves. December 17, 2012 San Francisco Medicine crossword puzzle, December SFM 0 0 Comment Read More »
January 31, 2013 Deadline Set to File for 2013 Medicare ePrescribing Hardship If physicians believe they meet one of the Medicare electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) hardship exemptions but did not file by the June 30, 2012 deadline, they will have until January 31, 2013 to apply. December 14, 2012 e prescribing, News eRx hardship exemptions, Medicare ePrescribing, medicare eRx, Medicare ePrescribing hardship 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Responds to Ninth Circuit Ruling Vacating Preliminary Injunction for Reimbursement Rate Cuts On Thursday, a three judge panel of the California Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in CMA et al. v. Douglas et al. The Ninth Circuit panel reversed the district court’s decision and ruled that California can reduce Medi-Cal payments for health care providers by 10%. December 14, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal 10% Medi-Cal cut, CMA et al. v. Douglas et al, Medi-Cal cut, Ninth Circuit Ruling 0 0 Comment Read More »
