Doing Something Right SFMS Resident Member Receives Prestigious AAP Advocacy Award October 5, 2012 Advocacy, News, UCSF AAP Advocacy Award, Adam Schickendanz, UCSF Resident 0 0 Comment Read More »
Brown Signs Legislation Requiring Signatures To Opt Out of Vaccination Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 2109 into law that requires parents who exclude their children from immunization requirements to submit a signed statement that they received information about risks and benefits of immunization. October 1, 2012 Advocacy, Public Health immunization requirement, AB 2109, immunization exemption, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Urges Congress to Stop $11 billion in Medicare Sequestration Cuts Medicare payments will be slashed by $11.1 billion next year due to the Budget Control Act of 2011 unless Congress passes new measures to prevent the cuts. This comes just days after the SFMS/CMA, American Medical Association, and 99 other state and specialty societies submitted a letter to Congress urging the passage of legislation nullifying the 2 percent cut payments called for under the sequestration act. September 17, 2012 Advocacy, AMA, CMA, Medicare, Payment Medicare sequestration cuts, Medicare payment reduction, SFMS/CMA advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Governor Brown Signs AB 589 to Create Medical School Scholarship Program On September 17, 2012, Governor Browns signed AB 589 (Perea), which will create a medical school scholarship program for students, helping to increase the physician workforce throughout California. September 17, 2012 Advocacy, News medical school scholarship, AB 589 0 0 Comment Read More »
Coalition Files California Supreme Court Amicus Briefs In Support of Medical Staff Independence and Self-Governance 23 current and former chiefs of staff from throughout California have filed an amicus curiae brief with the California Supreme Court in El-Attar v. Hollywood Presbyterian Med. Ctr. SFMS/CMA and AMA have also filed a separate amicus brief in the case. The briefs argue that a hospital’s lay governing board is not qualified to engage in peer review and thus cannot directly or indirectly commandeer a medical staff’s peer review functions. September 13, 2012 Advocacy, AMA, CMA El-Attar v. Hollywood Presbyterian Med. Ctr, medical staff independence 0 0 Comment Read More »
