New ePrescribing Hardship Exemption Deadline – July 2 CMS has published a notice extending the June 30 deadline for filing an ePrescribing hardship exemption to July 2 (included below). CMS appears to be doing this because there are some computer system updates underway for the Communication Support Page. June 29, 2012 e prescribing , ePrescribing hardship exemption, eRx, ePrescribing 0 0 Comment Read More »
US Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion. June 28, 2012 Health Care Reform, News ACA, Affordable Care Act, SCOTUS, Supreme Court health care law ruling 0 0 Comment Read More »
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 »
