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Save Time – Submit Your Medicare Enrollment Application through Internet-Based PECOS

Internet-based PECOS (Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System) now allows providers and suppliers to sign Medicare enrollment applications electronically. Providers can save time and expedite review of your application by using internet-based PECOS. (This feature does not change who is required to sign the application.)

Bill to Provide Parents Immunization Information to Prevent Outbreaks

Aimed at reducing infectious outbreaks, Dr. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) introduced AB 2109 to provide parents with health information that they can use to help keep their children and other members of the community safe and prevent epidemics like the 2010 pertussis outbreak that caused over 9000 infections, 800 hospitalizations, and ten deaths in California.

16% of Kids' Daily Diet Consist of Sugar

A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics found that about 16% of U.S. children’s daily calories come from sugar. Please join SFMS and CMA to support AB 1746, which would ban the sale of sugary sports drinks on middle and high school campuses throughout California.

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