Zika Guidance for San Francisco Physicians, Including Specimen Submission Instructions The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) has provided detailed instructions for specimen submission for Zika virus testing. February 12, 2016 Physician Resource, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health health advisory, Zika virus, Zika 0 0 Comment Read More »
CURES 2.0 Update; Technical Assistance Available to Users The California Department of Justice has completed its upgrade of the CURES system to CURES 2.0. Physicians requiring technical assistance to register and/or access their account can contact the DOJ CURES Help Desk at (916) 227-3843 or cures@doj.ca.gov. January 21, 2016 News, Physician Resource CURES, PDMP, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Issues New Physician Resource on California’s End of Life Option Act CMA has released a new On-Call document to help physicians understand ABX2-15, California’s End of Life Option Act. The guide was developed by CMA’s Center for Legal Affairs to help physicians and patients understand the End of Life Option Act. January 20, 2016 CMA, Physician Resource ABX2-15, End of Life Option Act, physician aid-in-dying 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Health Laws 2016 Affecting California Physicians SFMS in partnership with the Cooperative of American Physicians have compiled a list of the most important bills pertaining to the practice of medicine and/or impacting physicians in 2016. December 15, 2015 Advocacy, News, Physician Resource, Politics and Medicine AB X2-15, SB 277, 2016 laws, AB 637, AB 679, SB 299 0 0 Comment Read More »
Update: Hardship Exemption for Medicare Meaningful Use Program Due to a delay in the publication of regulations governing the Medicare meaningful use program, physicians are being urged to preemptively file for a 2015 hardship exemption to avoid penalties in 2016. December 14, 2015 Medicare, Physician Resource hardship exemption, HR 3940, Meaningful use, S 2425 0 0 Comment Read More »
