Court Awards Payments in Class Action Lawsuit Against UnitedHealth A federal court judge has cleared the way for nearly $200 million in awards to be disbursed to physicians through a settlement against UnitedHealth Group. February 14, 2012 Advocacy, News, Payment Managed Care Advisory Group, UnitedHealth, UnitedHealth Group UCR Settlement 0 0 Comment Read More »
Senators Boxer and Feinstein Pledge to Repeal Medicare SGR Senator Boxer, a long-time supporter of repealing Medicare SGR, has sent a letter in response to the SFMS letter to local legislators urging them to advocate for the repeal of SGR. February 10, 2012 Advocacy, Medicare, SFMS Member Senator Barbara Boxer, SGR, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Obama Administration Rejects California’s Request to Impose Mandatory Co-Pays The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rejected California’s request to impose mandatory co-payments for Medi-Cal patients. The co-pays, which would have included physician office and clinic visits ($5), ER visits ($50), and inpatient hospital stays ($100 per day up to a $200 maximum), was another attempt by the state to balance to budget by slashing Medi-Cal. February 6, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, News, Payment mandatory co-pay, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Bipartisan Support Growing for Funding Medicare SGR Repeal with Unspent War Funds We must garner more support from the California Republicans and shore up the Democrats. There is only a short window of opportunity. Please call and send a short message to your representatives via email. A short message from hundreds of physicians will have an enormous impact. The military “savings” is an appropriate funding source to repeal the Medicare SGR, which costs over $300 billion. February 6, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Medicare, Payment, SFMS Member Events Federal Legislative Advocacy, Medicare, SGR, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Judge Issues Final Ruling to Blocks 10% Medi-Cal Rate Cuts to Providers February 2, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, News, Payment CMA et al. v. Douglas, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal Cuts, Medi-Cal Lawsuit 0 0 Comment Read More »
