New Federal Bill Introduced To Curb Medical Malpractice Risk, Save Money National legislation, HR 4016, was introduced to help reduce the risk of medical malpractice lawsuits, improve patient care, prevent insurance fraud and save money—all through use of evidence-based medical practices. March 7, 2014 News, Politics and Medicine Ami Bera, malpractice, Saving Costs Act, HR 4016, Saving Lives 0 0 Comment Read More »
Low Medi-Cal, Insurance Payments Hamper Access to Specialists Access to specialists could become a challenge as many California residents—especially Medi-Cal beneficiaries— gain health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) according to new reports. March 6, 2014 Medi Cal, Medicaid, News access to care, Affordable Care Act , Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
SF Examiner Publishes “Regulate e-cigarettes” Op-Ed by SFMS President Lawrence Cheung, MD San Francisco Examiner publishes “Regulate e-cigarettes” op-ed by SFMS President Lawrence Cheung, MD March 6, 2014 Advocacy, Public Health, SFMS Member Lawrence Cheung, e-cigarettes 0 0 Comment Read More »
David Pating, MD; SFMS February 2014 Member of the Month David Pating, MD, is Chief of Addiction Medicine at Kaiser Medical Center, San Francisco, and is a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. February 28, 2014 Member of the Month, SFMS Member David Pating, SFMS Member of the Month 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Repeal Gaining Momentum; 3/5 National Call to Action Congress is closer than ever before to enacting legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. San Francisco physicians are asked to contact members of Congress today to urge them to act on this vitally important legislation and repeal the SGR. February 25, 2014 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine grassroots advocacy, Medicare sustainable growth rate, repeal SGR, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
