John Fullerton, MD: SFMS March 2013 Member of the Month SFMS is excited to announce John Fullerton, MD as our March 2013 Member of the Month. Dr. Fullerton is a primary care physician and clinician educator for more than 26 years. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, with added certificates in Long-Term Care, Hospice Medical Directorships and Home Care. April 3, 2013 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Hampton Health, John Fullerton, SFMS Member of the Month 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare Claim Hold The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified technical issues with certain parts of the April 2013 quarterly systems release. The problem impacts claims received by the Medicare contractors (Palmetto GBA for California) on or after April 1, 2013. April 1, 2013 Medicare, Payment Medicare, Medicare claim hold 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Approves Medicare/Medi-Cal Duals Project The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced that CMS has given approval to the project to require Medicare/Medi-Cal dual eligibles to enroll in a managed care plan. The project, which was previously known as the “Coordinated Care Initiative,” will now be called CalMediConnect. March 28, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, Medicare dual eligibles, Medicare/Medi-Cal dual eligibles, CalMediConnect 0 0 Comment Read More »
One Physician’s Story on Medical Volunteerism SFMS member Howard Kleckner, MD discusses medical volunteerism after retirement. March 28, 2013 Local Events, SFMS Member physician volunteer, medical volunteerism , thesecondopinion 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare Ordering/Referring Claims Denials to Take Effect May 1 Medicare will begin denying claims on May 1, 2013, if the ordering/referring provider listed on the claim is not in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS), the database Medicare uses to track physicians and other providers. March 27, 2013 Medicare, Payment, Physician Resource Medicare, Medicare ordering/referring, CMS-855o, PECOS 0 0 Comment Read More »
