Blue Shield Announces Changes in Physician Fee Schedule Blue Shield has announced changes to its physician fee schedule that will take effect November 1, 2015. The insurer said that it would be increasing payment for the more commonly billed office visit codes. September 8, 2015 Payment, Physician Resource Blue Shield, contract amendment, fee schedule, SFMS member resource 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge Senator Leno to Oppose AB 533 CMA is urging all SFMS members to contact Senator Mark Leno to urge a NO vote on AB 533. September 4, 2015 Advocacy, CMA AB 533, health plan, legislative alert, network coverage 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS to Host Sepsis Webinar and Town Hall Meeting The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Consortium for Quality Improvement and Survey & Certification Operations invites local physicians to a one-day Sepsis Coalition (webinar and town hall meeting) on October 158, 2015. September 3, 2015 Local Events CMS, sepsis, Sepsis Coalition 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Tobacco Regulation at August Lobby Day On August 26, 2015, three SFMS physician members joined over a hundred health care workers, and patient advocates at a daylong rally at the Capitol in Sacramento in support of the six tobacco control bills heard during the Special Extraordinary Session on Healthcare 2015 convened by Governor Brown. September 2, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member John Maa, Renee Fogelberg, Laura Davies, Save Lives California, SFMS advocacy, tobacco, tobacco tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Zachary Wettstein; SFMS August 2015 Member of the Month Zack is a Pittsburgh native in his third-year of studying medicine at UCSF. He moved to California to study Human Biology at Stanford, where he concentrated in infectious diseases and global health. September 1, 2015 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Member of the Month, SFMS Member, Zachary Wettstein 0 0 Comment Read More »
