Nominate an outstanding colleague for 2017 CMA service awards The California Medical Association (CMA) annually honors inspirational physician members with the following awards during the House of Delegates. CMA is now accepting nominations for several awards. May 31, 2017 CMA House of Delegates, awards, CMA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Tell regulators how new out-of-network billing and payment law will affect your practice To ensure health plans and insurers do not game the system to pay artificially low reimbursement rates to physicians, we need all physicians to take action by contacting the health plan/insurance regulators to express the importance and potentially negative impacts of this law if not implemented correctly. May 18, 2017 Reimbursement health plan, reimbursement rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Sacramento Region: Delayed Identification of Some Patients The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), in collaboration with Sacramento County Public Health (SCPH) and neighboring county public health departments, has been investigating an outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with eating nacho cheese sauce served at the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas station in Walnut Grove, Sacramento County. May 17, 2017 News, Public Health foodborne botulism 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Urges Legislature to Adopt State Budget that Improves Access to Care for Medi-Cal Patients Tobacco tax revenues must be invested as voters legally required, to improve health care access for 14.3 million California patients. May 11, 2017 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal Budget, CMA, Medi-Cal, Prop 56, Tobacco Tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Call for Nominations for the 2016 J. Elliott Royer Award in Neurology The J. Elliot Royer Award recognizes two psychiatrists or neurologists, one academic and one community, active in the medical field in San Francisco, Alameda or Contra Costa counties who during the year have made the most significant contribution to the advancement of psychiatry or neurology. The award alternates each year between the specialties of Neurology and Psychiatry. May 5, 2017 SFMS Member J. Elliot Royer Award 0 0 Comment Read More »
