Covered California Enrollments for Greater San Francisco Bay Area More Than Triple Initial Projections Covered California and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced the nine-county greater San Francisco Bay Area had 289,021 consumers enrolled in subsidized and non-subsidized Covered California health insurance plans from October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014. May 7, 2014 Covered California, News Covered California enrollment, Covered California 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Physicians Descend on Sacramento to Advocate for a Package of Bills to Increase Access to Health Care A dedicated group of 30 SFMS physicians and medical students joined more than 400 of their colleagues on April 22 to bring the voice of medicine to legislators during the CMA annual Legislative Leadership Conference. May 7, 2014 Advocacy, Medical Student, Politics and Medicine, SFMS Member, SFMS Member Events CMA Legislative Leadership Conference, physician advocacy, Lobby Day 0 0 Comment Read More »
Scary News About Overuse of Antibiotics SFMS submitted a letter to the editor, printed in the May 3, 2014 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, in response to two articles on antibiotic overuse. May 6, 2014 Public Health, SFMS Member letter to the editor, antibiotics, SFMS advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Survey: Physician Confusion Over Covered California Plans Negatively Impacted Patient Care 80% of respondents reported that they were confused about their participation status in a Covered California plan and that this has negatively impacted patient care in a new CMA survey. May 2, 2014 Advocacy, CMA, Covered California all products clauses, Covered California, AB 2400 0 0 Comment Read More »
Kids, Diseases, Vaccinations – And Parental Peer Pressure In honor of World Immunization Week 2014, SFMS staff member Steve Heilig authored an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, proposing a new angle on confronting the increasing number of parents who choose not to vaccinate their children. The piece has already spurred much feedback and talk of a pilot project. May 2, 2014 Public Health, San Francisco Medicine Steve Heilig, Vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
