Obamacare—Past, Present, and Future, Part 1 Obamacare/PPACA—Beyond the Politics. Update on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will impact U.S. physicians and patients. November 19, 2012 Health Care Reform, Politics and Medicine, San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member individual mandate, Obamacare, PPACA, Andrew Calman, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 0 0 Comment Read More »
Two CMA Members Headed to Congress California voters are sending two physician--Drs. Raul Ruiz and Ami Bera--to the U.S. House of Representatives after this month’s election. November 19, 2012 CMA, News Ami Bera MD, Raul Ruiz MD 0 0 Comment Read More »
St. Mary’s Medical Center Received Top Recognition for Patient Safety St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) was selected as one of eight Northern California hospitals to receive recognition as a “top performer” for reducing two or more types of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) to zero and maintaining that standard for a full year from April 2011 through June 2012. November 16, 2012 News, SFMS Member St. Mary's Medical Center, Patient Safety First 0 0 Comment Read More »
ICD-10: Everything You Know Is About To Change The transition to ICD-10 is one of the most daunting regulatory requirements ever imposed on physicians. Not only will the number of diagnosis codes dramatically increase from 16,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes, new formatting and documentation requirements will impact numerous medical office processes and personnel. November 12, 2012 Educational Event, Payment, Physician Resource, Practice Management, Technology 5010, ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medi-Cal Requiring Physician Re-enrollment The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will soon be notifying physicians that they must re-enroll in Medi-Cal as one of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA requires every state Medicaid program (Medi-Cal in California) to revalidate provider enrollment information at least every five years beginning January 2, 2013. November 9, 2012 Medi Cal, Medicaid, Physician Resource, SFMS Member Events Medi-Cal provider enrollment, SFMS webinar, DHCS 0 0 Comment Read More »
