SFMS Member Appointed Newest San Francisco Health Service Board Commissioner Stephen Follansbee, MD, a SFMS member and retired HIV and infectious diseases specialist, was appointed and sworn in as a member of the San Francisco Health Service System Board by Mayor Ed Lee in October 2015. October 8, 2015 News, SFMS Member San Francisco Health Service System, Stephen Follansbee 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Governor Brown for Passage of End-of-Life Option Act The San Francisco Medical Society wishes to publicly thank Governor Jerry Brown for signing into law the End-of-Life Option Act (ABX2-15). His moving personal message conveys how difficult and controversial the issue of “physician-assisted dying” can be. October 7, 2015 Advocacy, News, SFMS Member ABX2-15, end-of-life, End-of-Life Option Act, physician assisted dying 0 0 Comment Read More »
Noridian Launches Web-based Provider Enrollment Workshops Noridian, the Medicare Administrative Contractor for California, announced that it will offer web-based workshops focusing on provider enrollment in October through November 2015. October 5, 2015 Educational Event, Physician Resource, Practice Management Medicare Administrative Contractor, Noridian, PECOS, physician workshop 0 0 Comment Read More »
Eli Merritt, MD: SFMS September 2015 Member of the Month Eli Merritt, M.D., is a psychiatrist and mental health expert who consults widely in the Bay Area. Founder of Merritt Mental Health, a Care Navigation practice that helps patients and family members navigate the mental health system, he is past president of the San Francisco Psychiatric Society and past member of the Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Stanford. October 1, 2015 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Eli Merritt, Member of the Month, SFMS Member 0 0 Comment Read More »
