Blue Shield Exiting Healthy Families Program on October 1 Physicians are reminded that effective October 1, 2012, Blue Shield of California will no longer provide coverage for over 31,000 Healthy Families patients in California. September 27, 2012 News, Payment Blue Shield of California, Healthy Families 0 0 Comment Read More »
Flexible Scheduling for Physicians For young physicians and practices, the a 4-day workweek is more attractive than job sharing or part-time hours. September 25, 2012 Resident/Young Physicians Flexible scheduling, work-life balance 0 0 Comment Read More »
Palmetto GBA Loses Medicare MAC Contract The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) yesterday announced that Noridian Administrative Services (NAS) has been named the new Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Medicare Parts A and B in California, Nevada, and Hawaii, as well as the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (Jurisdiction E, previously called Jurisdiction 1). September 24, 2012 Medicare, News MAC, Noridian Administrative Services, Noridian, Palmetto GBA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Mandatory Influenza Vaccination or Masking of Health Care Workers During Flu Season The Department of Health has issued a Health Officer order mandating that all hospitals, skilled nursing, and other long term care facilities in the City and County of San Francisco require their health care workers (HCWs) to receive an annual influenza vaccination or, if they decline, to wear a mask in patient care areas during this flu season. September 21, 2012 Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health influenza vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Urges Congress to Stop $11 billion in Medicare Sequestration Cuts Medicare payments will be slashed by $11.1 billion next year due to the Budget Control Act of 2011 unless Congress passes new measures to prevent the cuts. This comes just days after the SFMS/CMA, American Medical Association, and 99 other state and specialty societies submitted a letter to Congress urging the passage of legislation nullifying the 2 percent cut payments called for under the sequestration act. September 17, 2012 Advocacy, AMA, CMA, Medicare, Payment Medicare sequestration cuts, Medicare payment reduction, SFMS/CMA advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
