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 »
Standardized Prior Authorization Form for Prescription Medications Becomes Effective October 1 A new law (SB 866) will take effect in October 2014 that streamlines and standardizes the prior authorization process for prescription drugs. September 2, 2014 Physician Resource, Practice Management Form No. 61-211, SB 866, standardized prior authorization form 0 0 Comment Read More »
Becoming a Physician—By Being a Patient (Part 2) Keith Loring, MD, shares his experience about how becoming a patient as a new physician ultimately taught him what it really means to be a doctor. Reprinted from the June 2014 issue of San Francisco Medicine. August 27, 2014 San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member Emergency Medicine, Keith Loring, Physician, San Francisco Medicine 0 0 Comment Read More »
Becoming a Physician—By Being a Patient Keith Loring, MD, shares his experience about how becoming a patient as a new physician ultimately taught him what it really means to be a doctor. Reprinted from the June 2014 issue of San Francisco Medicine. August 27, 2014 San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member Emergency Medicine, Keith Loring, Physician, San Francisco Medicine 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 »
