San Francisco Medical Society Hails U.S. House Passage of Medicare Access Bill; Urges U.S. Senate to Act Swiftly San Francisco Medical Society Hails U.S. House Passage of Medicare Access Bill; Urges U.S. Senate to Act Swiftly March 26, 2015 Advocacy CHIP, H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
SGR Update: HR 2 Replaces HR 1470 The Medicare physician payment reform legislation (HR 1470) was modified to include budget offsets, policy extenders, and other provisions and reintroduced by Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) as HR 2, the “Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act” (MACRA). March 24, 2015 Advocacy, Medicare, News SGR, Doc Fix, HR 2, MACRA, Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package SFMS Applauds Leader Pelosi for HR 1470 - Bipartisan SGR Repeal Package. SFMS and the California Medical Association fully support the SGR bill, the funding framework, and CHIP extension. March 20, 2015 Advocacy, AMA, CMA, Medicare, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, HR 1470, Nancy Pelosi, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians join California Legislators and We Care For California Coalition to Reignite Medi-Cal Legislation, Reduce Health Care Inequality Physicians, health care workers, and patients joined legislators at the state Capitol to call attention to California's very low Medi-Cal reimbursement rates and its negative impact on access-to-care. SB 243 and AB 366 were introduced to repeal the 10% cut to Medi-Cal reimbursement and increase Medi-Cal payments to Medicare standards. March 4, 2015 Advocacy, Medi Cal, Payment Ed Hernandez, SB 243, AB 366, Medi-Cal reimbursement, Rob Bonta, We Care for California, WeCare4CA 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Joins Supervisor Mark Farrell to Propose Tobacco Ban Legislation The San Francisco Medical Society joined San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell (District 2) to introduce a legislation to eliminate the use of all tobacco products—including smokeless tobacco—at all baseball venues and city athletic fields in San Francisco. February 25, 2015 Advocacy, Local Events, Public Health Knock Tobacco Out of the Park, Mark Farrell, Roger Eng, tobacco ban, Tobacco Free Kids 0 0 Comment Read More »
