A California Appeals Court On Friday Reinstated a Law Allowing Terminally Ill Patients to End Their Lives The ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeal allows the controversial law known as the End of Life Option Act to remain in effect, giving patients who have less than six months to live access to lethal medications from their doctors. June 19, 2018 Marin, Medications, News, Politics and Medicine, Primary Care California law, End of Life Option Act, Physician-assisted suicide 0 0 Comment Read More »
Are you ready to check CURES? Starting October 2, all physicians must consult database before prescribing controlled substances June 18, 2018 CMA, CURES, News, Physician Resource CURES, Database, Prescribing 0 0 Comment Read More »
Help The CFHWC With A Short Survey Last summer, CHCF helped to launch the California Future Health Workforce Commission. It brought together top leaders from education and health care to ensure that California’s workforce will be able to meet the health needs of its people. The Commission has been working hard since then to develop a blueprint for action. Now, it needs YOUR help. June 14, 2018 Survey California Future Health Workforce Commission, CHCF, Survey 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Defeats Dangerous Rate Setting Proposal The California Medical Association killed a reckless legislative proposal that would have put a new government bureaucracy in charge of health care. Assembly Bill 3087 (Kalra) would have created a commission of unelected political appointees empowered to arbitrarily cap rates for all health care services in all clinics, hospitals and physician practices in California. June 13, 2018 CMA AB3087, CMA, Proposal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Required Parkinson's Reporting Starting July 1, 2018 Health care providers diagnosing or providing treatment to Parkinson’s disease patients will be required to report each case of Parkinson’s disease to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) beginning July 1, 2018. June 12, 2018 News, Public Health CDPH, california, California Department of Public Health, parkinson, Parkinsons 0 0 Comment Read More »
