Tobacco Bills Headed for Senate Floor; SFMS Physicians to Participate in Coalition Lobby Day The SFMS/CMA endorsed tobacco legislation package heads to the Senator floor after approval by the Senate Appropriation Committee. August 25, 2015 Advocacy, News, Public Health SBX2-7, tobacco legislation, e-cigarette, lobby day, Mark Leno, physician advocacy, SBX2-5 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS to Host Webinars in September About Physician Compare Website and Quality Data CMS will host a series of free, one-hour webinars about public quality reporting and the Physician Compare website in September 2015. August 14, 2015 Health Care Reform, Local Events, News CMS webinar, EHR, Physician Compare, physician quality data, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Increases Physician Payment by 0.5% in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule CMS recently released the 2016 proposed Medicare physician payment rule. The rule reflects the 0.5% increase in payment as of July 1, 2015, and the additional 0.5% increase in payment on January 1, 2016, recently adopted by Congress. July 27, 2015 Advocacy, AMA, Medicare, News, Payment 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Geographic Adjustment Factors, Medicare physician payment rule, MPFS 0 0 Comment Read More »
Package of Tobacco Bills Reintroduced to Raise Smoking Age, Regulate e-Cigarettes SFMS and CMA join our Save Lives California coalition partners to applaud California lawmakers reintroduced a package of six tobacco bills this week to fight the No. 1 cause of preventable death in California: tobacco use. July 17, 2015 Advocacy, CMA, News, Public Health e-cigarettes, Save Lives California, tobacco, tobacco legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Proposes Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care New CMS proposed rule includes a 0.5% overall increase in Medicare reimbursement in 2016 for all providers and assigns codes to pay providers for end-of-life consultations. July 13, 2015 Health Care Reform, News CMS proposed rule, end-of-life care, Medicare provider reimbursement 0 0 Comment Read More »
