SFDPH Health Alert: Multi-State Outbreak of Hepatitis A The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced an investigation concerning an outbreak of Hepatitis A in persons who consumed Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend frozen berry mix. June 3, 2013 Physician Resource, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health health alert, Hepatitis A, SFDPH 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Senate Passes Two Bills That Would Expand Scope of Practice; Bills May Potentially Endanger Patient Safety The California Senate passed SB491 and SB492 that aim to expand certain health care providers' scope of practice as a means to address California's primary care physician shortage. SFMS and CMA strongly oppose these bills because they set a dangerous precedent of allowing non-physicians to practice medicine without being subject to the Medical Practice Act (MPA), which regulates the practice of medicine and in which violations may result in the loss of a medical license and possibly criminal prosecution. May 29, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Health Care Reform, Politics and Medicine, Primary Care SB 492, SB 493, Scope of practice, SB 491, SFMS Advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
New TRICARE Contract May Create Gap in Medical Malpractice Coverage A broad "indemnification" clause in the UnitedHealth Military & Veterans Services (UMVS) TRICARE provider contracts vary from the regulatory language and, depending on insurance policy language, may result in liability that is excluded from coverage under a physician’s medical professional liability insurance policy. May 28, 2013 Physician Resource indemnification clause, TRICARE, UnitedHealth Military & Veterans Services 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medi-Cal Cuts Endanger Health Reform Op-Ed by SFMS President Shannon Udovic-Constant, MD and Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean in the May 28, 2013 San Francisco Chronicle points out the problem with cutting Medi-Cal payments as the number who are eligible for the program increase. May 28, 2013 Health Care Reform, Medi Cal, SFMS Member Medi-Cal cut, Shannon Udovic-Constant, We Care for California, Health care reform, Lloyd Dean 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Responds to Court’s Decision on Medi-Cal Cuts Today, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc request from the plaintiffs in CMA et al. v. Douglas et al. to rehear the case ruled on by a three judge panel of the court in December. Please join SFMS/CMA in Sacramento on June 4 for We Care for California ally to stop the 10% Medi-Cal cuts. May 24, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Health Care Reform, Medi Cal, News CMA et al. v. Douglas et al., Medi-Cal cut 0 0 Comment Read More »
