Massive Sacramento Rally to Challenge Impending Medi-Cal Cuts and Preserve Access to Care A coalition of medical professional associations and the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West is organizing thousands to rally to prevent Medi-Cal cuts at the State Capitol. June 4, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal, Politics and Medicine, SFMS Member Events Medi-Cal cuts, WeCare4CA, We Care for California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medi-Cal Cuts Endanger Health Reform Op-Ed by SFMS President Shannon Udovic-Constant, MD and Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean in the May 28, 2013 San Francisco Chronicle points out the problem with cutting Medi-Cal payments as the number who are eligible for the program increase. May 28, 2013 Health Care Reform, Medi Cal, SFMS Member Medi-Cal cut, Shannon Udovic-Constant, We Care for California, Health care reform, Lloyd Dean 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Responds to Court’s Decision on Medi-Cal Cuts Today, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc request from the plaintiffs in CMA et al. v. Douglas et al. to rehear the case ruled on by a three judge panel of the court in December. Please join SFMS/CMA in Sacramento on June 4 for We Care for California ally to stop the 10% Medi-Cal cuts. May 24, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Health Care Reform, Medi Cal, News CMA et al. v. Douglas et al., Medi-Cal cut 0 0 Comment Read More »
10,000 Health Care Providers to Rally to Stop Medi-Cal Cuts at State Capitol Join “We Care for California” in Sacramento on Tuesday, June 4 from 1 pm to 2 pm to call on State Legislators and the Governor to stop the $1 billion reduction in provider rates in the Medi-Cal program. SFMS/CMA physicians will stand with nurses, dentists, and other health care providers as well as patient and consumer groups to advocate for the support of SB 640 and AB 900. May 13, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Local Events, Medi Cal, SFMS Member Events 10% Medi-Cal cut, AB 900, SB 640, We Care for California 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 »
