Survey Confirms Physicians Have the Blues Over the Blues CMA has received complaints from physicians regarding Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s refusal to honor assignment of benefits, highlighting the burden and cost it places on the physician practice to act as debt collectors rather than physicians, and in many cases, this policy has jeopardized the physician-patient relationship. CMA conducted a survey completed by over 1,100 physician practices to obtain additional information about what criteria they consider when deciding whether to contract with a payor. April 27, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Payment, SFMS Member AB 1742 0 0 Comment Read More »
SB 1318 Moves Out of Senate Committee The bill aimed to improve public health passes – SB 1318 (Wolk) – moved out of the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on Wednesday afternoon. SB 1318 requires all health care workers in health care facilities, including physicians, to either receive the influenza vaccination or wear a mask in patient care areas during flu season. April 26, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Public Health immunization, flu, SB 1318 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Physician Members: Your Help is Needed on an Urgent Legislative Issue! CMA is sponsoring AB 1742 (Pan), that would shore up a loophole in the law and require Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO products to honor assignment of benefits and pay physicians directly. April 4, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Payment, SFMS Member AB 1742 0 0 Comment Read More »
4/17 Legislative Lobby Day: Meet California Legislators and Gain Leadership Development Skills All SFMS members are invited to participate in the 2012 CMA Legislative Leadership Conference/Lobby Day. Join more than 400 physicians, residents, and medical students from across California as they convene in Sacramento to lobby their legislative leaders as champions for medicine and their patients. March 14, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Leadership development, Local Events, Resident/Young Physicians, SFMS Member Events leadership development, Legislative Leadership Conference, Lobby Day 0 0 Comment Read More »
Bill to Provide Parents Immunization Information to Prevent Outbreaks Aimed at reducing infectious outbreaks, Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) introduced AB 2109 to provide parents with health information that they can use to help keep their children and other members of the community safe and prevent epidemics like the 2010 pertussis outbreak that caused over 9000 infections, 800 hospitalizations, and ten deaths in California. March 2, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, News, Public Health vaccination, AB 2109, CMA-sponsored bill, Richard Pan 0 0 Comment Read More »
