ACO Rollout Continues With 89 New Networks The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the selection of 89 new ACOs on Monday, including John Muir Physician Network in the East Bay. This is more than triple the number of ACOs selected in the previous round. As of July 1, the newly anointed networks became responsible for providing better, cheaper care to 1.2 million seniors on Medicare. July 10, 2012 ACOs, News Acountable Care Organizations, ACO 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Care Providers, Patient Advocates Debate Medical Malpractice Law Several legal challenges against California’s medical malpractice law have divided health care providers and patient advocates. July 3, 2012 News Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act , MICRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
US Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion. June 28, 2012 Health Care Reform, News ACA, Affordable Care Act, SCOTUS, Supreme Court health care law ruling 0 0 Comment Read More »
NCQA Specialty Practice Recognition Public Comment The National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking comments on proposed Specialty Practice Recognition (SPR) 2013 standards. The program will recognize specialty practices that work with primary care medical homes to coordinate care, provide timely access, use information technology to reduce test duplication and work toward continuous quality improvement. June 27, 2012 News medical home, National Committee for Quality Assurance , NCQA, Specialty Practice Recognition, SPR 2013 0 0 Comment Read More »
Your Input Needed on Gross Receipts Business Tax Reform Two separate ballot measures to reform San Francisco's business tax policies were introduced at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Both proposals, one put forward by Mayor Ed Lee and board president David Chiu and the other by Supervisor John Avalos, seek to eliminate the city's 1.5 percent payroll tax and replace it with a gross receipts tax that would tax the annual revenue of a business. June 14, 2012 Local Events, News gross receipts tax, San Francisco business tax reform 0 0 Comment Read More »