House Passes Year-Long SGR Patch, Includes California GPCI Fix On March 27, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives passed “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” (HR 4302) to delay for 12 months a scheduled Medicare 24% sustainable growth rate (SGR) cut by voice vote. March 27, 2014 Advocacy, Medicare, News SGR patch, HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, SGR, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Taxing Soda: Fairness Instead of Obesity and Paralysis Taxing Soda: Fairness Instead of Obesity and Paralysis. President's Column by Lawrence Cheung, MD in the March 2014 issue of San Francisco Medicine March 26, 2014 Advocacy, Guest Blog, Public Health, San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member Lawrence Cheung, sugar-sweetened beverages, soda tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Covered California Enrollees Have Until March 31 to Switch Plans Covered California patients have until March 31, 2014 to switch exchange plans if they made selections based on an inaccurate provider directory. March 26, 2014 Covered California Covered California, patient enrollment 0 0 Comment Read More »
Covered California Payors Provide New Information for Physicians About Network Products Health Net, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California offering coverage through Covered California have provided additional information to their contracted providers on their exchange/mirror products. March 20, 2014 Covered California, Physician Resource Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Health Net, Covered California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Windows XP May No Longer be HIPAA Compliant If you use Windows XP in your practice, you soon may become noncompliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Microsoft is discontinuing support for the operating system April 8, placing patient information within this system at risk. March 18, 2014 HIPAA, Technology HIPAA, Windows XP 0 0 Comment Read More »
