SB 304 Would Strip Medical Board of Power To Investigate Physicians California lawmakers are considering SB 304, a bill that would eliminate the Medical Board of California's authority to investigate physician misconduct. April 26, 2013 News Medical Board of California, physician misconduct, SB 304 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA-Sponsored SB 640 Bill to Stop Implementation of Medi-Cal Cuts Introduced Today Senator Ricardo Lara (D – Long Beach) introduced Senate Bill 640 today, which is sponsored by SFMS and CMA. SB 640 would block the 10% Medi-Cal provider rate cut and would stop the state from ‘clawing back’ rate cuts from providers dating back to 2011. April 4, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, News, Payment Ricardo Lara, Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal provider rate cut, SB 640 0 0 Comment Read More »
End-to-end Testing Will Ensure Streamlined Transitions to Updated HIPAA Transactions and Operating Rules Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a grant to the National Government Services to develop and pilot an end-to-end testing process through the End-to-End Testing Industry Collaborative Partner (ICP) work group. This process is intended to be used for all future operating rule and standard system updates, as well as the pending ICD-10-CM update. March 22, 2013 News HIPAA operating rules, ICD-10, Emdeon , HIPAA transactions, Industry Collaborative Partner 0 0 Comment Read More »
Sequestration FAQ for California Physicians Answers to frequently asked questions about the sequestration cuts and its impact on California physicians. March 11, 2013 Advocacy, News, Physician Resource 2% Medicare cut, sequester cuts, sequestration 0 0 Comment Read More »
Feds Allows States to Cut Medicaid Pay, Files Brief in CMA Court Battle The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief last Friday before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing states can cut Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) providers’ reimbursement as long as it does not harm access to care. March 8, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, Medicaid, News, Payment Medi-Cal cut, CMA et al. v. Douglas et al., Medicaid, Medi-Cal lawsuit 0 0 Comment Read More »
