Aetna Fee Schedule Changes In April, Aetna made changes to its fee schedule for its commercial lines of business. Although Aetna initially stated that the change would only affect Northern California physicians, SFMS has recently learned that the changes were applied statewide. June 11, 2012 News, Payment fee schedule change, Aetna 0 0 Comment Read More »
Urge Your Legislators to Stop Forcing Medicare/Medi-Cal Dual Eligibles Into Managed Care Plans Due to advocacy on the part of the SFMS, CMA, and other stakeholders, the plan to shift Medicare/Medi-Cal “dual eligibles” into a managed care plan has been delayed. In his 2012 budget, Governor Jerry Brown proposed expanding the four county pilot project statewide. SFMS/CMA need your help to stop this expansion. June 7, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, Medicare, News Medi-Cal, regulatory advocacy, dual eligible, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
SB 1318 Health Care Worker Vaccination Bill Passes Senate with Bipartisan Support SB 1318 (Wolk), which would require all health care workers in health care facilities, including physicians, to either receive the influenza vaccination or wear a mask in patient care areas during flu season, passed the state Senate today by a vote of 23 to 9. May 31, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, News, Public Health Wolk, Flu vaccinations, SB 1318 0 0 Comment Read More »
USPSTF Turns Thumbs Down on PSA Testing Healthy men should no longer have PSA measurements as a screening test for prostate cancer, according to a final recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). May 23, 2012 News, Physician Resource, Primary Care USPSTF, Prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA screening, United States Preventive Services Task Force 0 0 Comment Read More »
May 2012 AMA Advocacy Update: CMS Releases Final Rule on CoPs, Passage of HR 5652 and Its Effect on Physicians, EHR MU Program Excerpts from the May 2012 AMA Advocacy Update. May 21, 2012 Advocacy, AMA, EHR, Medicare, News AMA National Advocacy Update, UnitedHealth Group, CoPs, EHR MU Program 0 0 Comment Read More »