Avoid Medicare PQRS and Value-Based Modifier Penalties; File by December 16 Problems with how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been collecting and analyzing data related to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the value-based payment modifier (VM) may lead to inappropriate penalties of 2-4% of Medicare payments for thousands of physicians. December 10, 2015 AMA, Medicare, Payment, Practice Management value-based payment modifier, physician quality reporting system, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
Pratima Gupta, MD: SFMS November Member of the Month Dr. Pratima Gupta received a medical degree from Keck USC School of Medicine and Master of Public Health from University of California at Berkeley. She completed her residency at LAC+USC Medical Center and fellowship in family planning at University of California, San Franciso. Dr. Gupta has worked with Kaiser Permanente for nearly 8 years focusing primarily on increasing access to family planning and education of residents and medical students, adolescent and transgender care, and global health. December 3, 2015 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Member of the Month, Pratima Gupta, SFMS Member 0 0 Comment Read More »
Covered California: What San Francisco Physicians Should Know for 2016 SFMS has compiled the following guidelines to assist physician members with Covered California in 2016. November 13, 2015 Covered California, Physician Resource Covered California, health benefit exchange 0 0 Comment Read More »
2015 SFMS Election Results We are proud to announce the SFMS leadership for 2016. November 13, 2015 SFMS Member Richard A. Podolin, SFMS election results 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Physicians Need to Know about the New EHR Regulations CMS released more than 1,300 pages of new regulations in October 2015 outlining requirements for the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, with several changes applying this year. SFMS has gathered some of the most important changes that will affect your practice. November 9, 2015 Advocacy, EHR, Physician Resource Break the Red Tape, EHR, Meaningful Use 0 0 Comment Read More »
