Medi-Cal Deactivates Some Physicians in Error DHCS incorrectly deactivated some Medi-Cal providers due to system error in February 2015. March 3, 2015 Medi Cal, News Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal provider 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Lawmakers Announce Bill Tightening Vaccination Rules State Sens. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) and Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) introduced legislation that aims to increase the number of vaccinated children in California by limiting exemptions only for medical reasons. February 4, 2015 News AB 2109, Richard Pan, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFDPH Health Advisory: Be Alert for Measles Cases California is currently experiencing a measles outbreak, with at least 59 confirmed cases. No measles cases have been reported in San Francisco residents in 2014 or so far in 2015, a Contra Costa County resident rode BART to San Francisco and worked in San Francisco on 2/4/15-2/6/15 during his/her infectious period. January 23, 2015 News, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health Health Advisory, Measles, San Francisco Department of Public Health, SFDPH 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Updates Open Payments Data CMS updated its physician payment website on December 19, 2014 to include about 68,000 new payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers totaling more than $200 million. December 22, 2014 News CMS, Open Payments, Physician data 0 0 Comment Read More »
Vaccination Rates Up in California Schools For the first time in a decade, the number of parents who filed personal belief exemption forms to exempt their kindergarteners from vaccinations has declined in California. According to new data from the California Department of Public Health, the personal belief exemption rate decreased by 20% from 2013 to 2014. December 16, 2014 News, Public Health AB 2109, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
