AMA says American Health Care Act is Critically Flawed In a letter to congressional leaders, the AMA today outlined provisions of the American Health Care Act that would have an adverse impact on patients and the health of the nation. Largely due to the decline in health insurance coverage the bill would likely cause, the AMA is unable to support the AHCA as drafted. March 8, 2017 AMA ACA, AHCA, AMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
What regulations limit your ability to serve your patients? Tell CMA now! HHS Secretary Price is asking state medical associations for their wish list of regulations that are outdated or hurt doctors’ ability to expand their medical practice to serve more patients. SFMS/CMA members are invited to contribute comments. March 7, 2017 CMA, Politics and Medicine CMA, HHS, regulations 0 0 Comment Read More »
Modernization of the AMA Code of Ethics In 1847, the AMA created the world’s first national code of ethics for physicians. After an 8-year effort to “modernize” the AMA Code, the newest edition of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics was adopted last June. March 3, 2017 AMA Code of Ethics, AMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Opioid Safety in California: Having Difficult Conversations with Patients and with Colleagues Three tools in a challenging area - having difficult conversations about opioid safety with patients and with colleagues. February 27, 2017 Physician Resource CHCF, Opioids 0 0 Comment Read More »
And the winner is...the tobacco industry 71% of the films listed in major Oscar categories this year feature smoking, including seven out of ten Oscar-listed films rated PG-13. February 27, 2017 UCSF Academy Awards, Oscars, Smoking, Tobacco, UCSF 0 0 Comment Read More »
