NCQA Specialty Practice Recognition Public Comment The National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking comments on proposed Specialty Practice Recognition (SPR) 2013 standards. The program will recognize specialty practices that work with primary care medical homes to coordinate care, provide timely access, use information technology to reduce test duplication and work toward continuous quality improvement. June 27, 2012 News medical home, National Committee for Quality Assurance , NCQA, Specialty Practice Recognition, SPR 2013 0 0 Comment Read More »
11 Facts About the Affordable Care Act The Washington Post compiled a refresher on some of the health care reform law’s (Affordable Care Act) most significant policies and consequences. June 26, 2012 Health Care Reform ACA, health reform law, Affordable Care Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
Elimination of Healthy Families Severely Impact Children’s Access to Care Among a series of budget cuts to help California Gov. Jerry Brown close that state's budget deficit is a cut to a health care program for 880,000 low-income kids, who will be shifted to Medi-Cal after the state shutters its "Healthy Families" program. SFMS/CMA has joined together with over 40 organizations in opposition of the proposal because of the ramifications it would have on California’s most vulnerable children. June 22, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal California state budget cuts, Medi-Cal, Healthy Families 0 0 Comment Read More »
Help Make Health Policy for California and Beyond The SFMS delegation to the CMA House of Delegates (HOD) would like your input about issues and concerns you have as a San Francisco physician. The SFMS delegation has long had a significant impact on CMA policy, which can have a real world influence on state and national policy. We develop resolutions on any issue related to medicine and public health, and welcome ideas from any SFMS member. June 19, 2012 CMA, SFMS Member CMA House of Delegates, resolutions, 2012 CMA HOD 0 0 Comment Read More »
Melissa Lorang, MD: SFMS June 2012 Member of the Month Melissa Lorang is a clinical fellow of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF and a member of SFMS since 2011. She is the SFMS member of the month for June 2012. June 18, 2012 SFMS Member, UCSF UCSF resident, Melissa Lorang 0 0 Comment Read More »
