CMS Announces $1 Billion Initiative to Provide Better, Lower-Cost Health Care U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced second round of Health Care Innovation Awards, a nearly $1 billion initiative that will fund projects to transform the health care system by delivering better care and lowering costs. May 21, 2013 Health Care Reform, News Family Service Agency of San Francisco, Health Care Innovation Awards, Sutter Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
MICRA Under Attack; Changing/Overturning MICRA Impedes Access to Health Care for Californians In early May, California’s trial attorneys launched an all-out assault on California's historic tort reform law, which since 1975 has helped keep malpractice premiums in-check and ensured that California’s patients have access to affordable health care. May 10, 2013 Advocacy, MICRA, News, Politics and Medicine Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act , medical malpractice, MICRA, professional liability 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA asks California Supreme Court to Depublish Case that Ignores MICRA's Definition of Professional Negligence SFMS and the California Medical Association, together with other amici, has asked the California Supreme Court to depublish an appellate court opinion that thwarts the long-standing definition of "professional negligence" in California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. The ruling, if allowed to stand as precedent for future cases, could be misused to undermine the goals of MICRA and adversely affect the entirety of the health care system and safety net in California. May 10, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, MICRA, News, Politics and Medicine Flores vs. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act , MICRA, professional liability 0 0 Comment Read More »
Update on Scope of Practice Legislation A package of bills (SB 491, SB 492, SB 493) aiming to expand or alter the scope of practice for a collection of allied health professionals successfully cleared the Senate Committee on Business, Profession and Economic Development yesterday. April 30, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, News, Politics and Medicine SB 491, SB 492, SB 493, scope of practice, State Legislative Advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare MAC Contract Protest Update The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied two protests that were filed challenging a decision by the CMS to award the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) contract for Medicare Parts A and B in Jurisdiction E to Noridian Administrative Services. April 29, 2013 Medicare, News, Payment Jurisdiction E, Noridian Administrative Services, MAC contract, Medicare Administrative Contractor 0 0 Comment Read More »
