SF Examiner Publishes “Regulate e-cigarettes” Op-Ed by SFMS President Lawrence Cheung, MD San Francisco Examiner publishes “Regulate e-cigarettes” op-ed by SFMS President Lawrence Cheung, MD March 6, 2014 Advocacy, Public Health, SFMS Member Lawrence Cheung, e-cigarettes 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Repeal Gaining Momentum; 3/5 National Call to Action Congress is closer than ever before to enacting legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. San Francisco physicians are asked to contact members of Congress today to urge them to act on this vitally important legislation and repeal the SGR. February 25, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine grassroots advocacy, Medicare sustainable growth rate, repeal SGR, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Introduces Bill that Calls for Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks; Based on UCSF Medical Student's Idea The California Medical Association introduced a bill that would place a simple warning on the front of all beverage containers with added sweeteners that have 75 or more calories per 12 ounces. The idea for the bill came from Tom Gaither, a first-year UCSF medical student. February 21, 2014 Advocacy, CMA, Medical Student SB 1000, obesity, sugar drinks, Tom Gaither 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Assembly Bills Introduced To Reverse, Study Effects of 10% Cut to Medi-Cal Providers Two bills were introduced on February 19, 2014 to reverse the 10% cut in Medi-Cal provider rates and extend the temporary Medi-Cal primary care rate increases called for under the Affordable Care Act. February 20, 2014 Advocacy, Medi Cal, News 10% Medi-Cal cut, AB 1759, AB 1805, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal provider rate cut 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMA: ICD-10 Implementation To Be Significantly More Costly New estimates of costs to implement the federally mandated ICD-10 code set by October could be up to three times more than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study published by the American Medical Association. February 12, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Practice Management ICD-10, AMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
