California County Medical Societies Oppose Prop 45, Flawed Measure Giving Too Much Power to One Politician Over Health Care Across the state, county medical societies are opposing Proposition 45, a November ballot measure that would give the state Insurance Commissioner sweeping new power over health care benefits and rates. September 9, 2014 Advocacy No On Prop 45, Prop 45 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislature Passes SB 964 to Require Annual Reports from Insurers on Network Adequacy California legislature has passed SB 964 to require Medi-Cal managed plans and insurers offering individual plans through Covered California to provide annual reports to the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) about the adequacy of their provider networks. September 4, 2014 Advocacy, Covered California, Health Care Reform Covered California, network adequacy, SB 964 0 0 Comment Read More »
SB 492 (Optometrist Scope Bill) Eliminated from Legislative Session SFMS/CMA has successfully quashed a scope-of-practice bill (SB 492) that originally would have allowed optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgical eye procedures and medication injections. August 25, 2014 Advocacy, CMA optometrists, scope of practice, SB 492 0 0 Comment Read More »
Cascade of Bills Out of Appropriations; Many Due for Floor Votes This Week The Assembly and Senate appropriations committees last week approved hundreds of bills for floor votes, including dozens of bills impacting health care in 2014. August 19, 2014 Advocacy, Health Care Reform, News legislative update, SB 492 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Update: SB 492 (Optometry Scope of Practice) SB 492 (Hernandez) moved out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, only after the CMA advocacy team successfully stripped the most egregious language from the bill. However, SB 492 will still allow Optometrists to administer flu and shingles vaccines. August 15, 2014 Advocacy, CMA Scope of practice, optometry, SB 492, scalpel surgery 0 0 Comment Read More »
