California Physicians Affected by Blue Shield Data Breach The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has notified physicians of a data breach that disclosed the social security numbers as well as names, business addresses, telephone numbers, medical groups, and practice areas of over 18,000 physicians who contract with Blue Shield of California. July 16, 2014 News, Physician Resource Blue Shield data breach, data breach, Department of Managed Health Care, Public Record Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
Meaningful Use Public Health Measures – Free Webinar CalHIPSO will be hosting a free webinar on how to meet 2014 meaningful use public health measures on July 23 at 12pm. July 16, 2014 Local Events, Technology meaningful use, CalHIPSO 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Democratic Party Remains Neutral on Prop. 46 Backers of Proposition 46, the MICRA lawsuit measure, were dealt another severe blow this weekend when, despite their intense lobbying, the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party (CDP) rejected their efforts to gain an endorsement, instead voting to remain neutral. July 15, 2014 Advocacy, MICRA, News, Politics and Medicine Proposition 46, MICRA, Prop 46 0 0 Comment Read More »
Change in Mailing Address for Medi-Cal TAR Submissions Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2014, all paper treatment authorization requests (TAR) currently being mailed to the Los Angeles Field Office and the Northern and Southern Pharmacy Sections should be mailed to 820 Stillwater Rd, West Sacramento, CA 95605. July 11, 2014 Medi Cal, Physician Resource Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal TAR, treatment authorization request 0 0 Comment Read More »
DEA Controls Tramadol as a Schedule IV Controlled Substance Effective August 18, 2014, tramadol will be classified as a Schedule IV drug, according to a rule recently published by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The final rule imposes the regulatory controls and administrative, civil and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule IV controlled substances on persons who handle or propose to handle tramadol. July 9, 2014 News, Physician Resource DEA, Controlled Substances, Schedule IV, tramadol 0 0 Comment Read More »
