Update: Hardship Exemption for Medicare Meaningful Use Program Due to a delay in the publication of regulations governing the Medicare meaningful use program, physicians are being urged to preemptively file for a 2015 hardship exemption to avoid penalties in 2016. December 14, 2015 Medicare, Physician Resource hardship exemption, HR 3940, Meaningful use, S 2425 0 0 Comment Read More »
New POLST Forms Take Effect January 2016 Updated POLST form goes into effect January 1, 2016, to reflect new law that allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants – under the supervision of a physician and within their scope of practice – to sign POLST forms and make them actionable medical orders. December 11, 2015 News, Physician Resource physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, AB 637, POLST 0 0 Comment Read More »
Flu Update: 2015-2016 Influenza Season Flu information for SF providers for the 2015-2016 influenza season. December 11, 2015 News, Physician Resource, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health flu vaccine, influenza, flu, SB 277 0 0 Comment Read More »
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 »
