Part 2: Communicating Unanticipated Adverse Outcomes; How Do I Say I'm Sorry? Confused about discussions related to disclosure of unexpected adverse outcomes, apology versus sympathy, early resolution of injury-related complaints, and how to avoid unnecessary liability risks? You’re not alone. SFMS has partnered with the Medical Insurance Exchange of California (MIEC) to launch a two-part blog post series to assist physicians handle potentially difficult circumstances with compassion, truthfulness and candor. June 15, 2015 Guest Blog, MIEC, Practice Management loss prevention, MIEC, physician communication 0 0 Comment Read More »
Communicating Unanticipated Adverse Outcomes; How Do I Say I'm Sorry? Confused about discussions related to disclosure of unexpected adverse outcomes, apology versus sympathy, early resolution of injury-related complaints, and how to avoid unnecessary liability risks? You’re not alone. SFMS has partnered with the Medical Insurance Exchange of California (MIEC) to launch a two-part blog post series to assist physicians handle potentially difficult circumstances with compassion, truthfulness and candor. June 15, 2015 Guest Blog, MIEC, Practice Management loss prevention, MIEC, physician communication, unexpected adverse outcome 0 0 Comment Read More »
Assembly Health Committee Passes SB 277 Vaccination Legislation Senate Bill 277 took another big step forward after clearing through the Assembly Health Committee in a 12-6 vote. The bill now heads to the Assembly after having already cleared the Senate. June 12, 2015 Advocacy, News vaccination exemption, I Heart Immunity, Richard Pan, SB 277 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physician Practices May Not Be Ready by October ICD-10 Implementation Deadline; Available Resources to Ensure Seamless Transition Survey results released by the California Medical Association (CMA) to evaluate physician readiness for ICD-10 transition found that many physician practices may not complete transition to ICD-10 by the October 2015 deadline. The SFMS have put together a list of resources available to assist physician practices with ICD-10 transition. June 11, 2015 Educational Event, Practice Management ICD-10, ICD-10 implementation, ICD-10 training, Road to ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medi-Cal to Delay Provider Payments in June The California Department of Health Care Services recently announced it would delay payments for two weeks in June so that those claims are paid out of the 2015-2016 fiscal year budget. June 11, 2015 Medi Cal, News, Payment checkwrite, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
