Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Announce Plan to Create Drug Sobering Center in the Tenderloin San Francisco is moving forward to open its first drug sobering center at 180 Jones Street in the Tenderloin. February 12, 2020 Advocacy, Public Health Supervisor Mandelman, Mayor Breed, San Francisco, Sobering Center, Tenderloin 0 0 Comment Read More »
Protect access and control health care costs for CA patients; Oppose the so-called “Fairness for Injured Patients Act” Proposition 46 taught us the power of a strong coalition, and this time around it will be even more important. February 10, 2020 Advocacy, CMA, MICRA, Politics and Medicine CMA, MICRA, Prop 46 0 0 Comment Read More »
Act Now! Proposed federal rule will dramatically reduce CA’s Medi-Cal funding. CMS has issued a proposed rule that will significantly reduce our state’s Medicaid funding, exacerbate provider shortages and undermine patient access to medical care. January 21, 2020 Advocacy, CMS, Medi Cal CMS, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Disparities in California by Race and Ethnicity Examined The California Health Care Foundation finds that people of color face barriers to accessing health care, often receive suboptimal treatment, and are most likely to experience poor outcomes in the health care system. October 29, 2019 Advocacy CHCP, California Health Care Foundation 0 0 Comment Read More »
Urgent Survey to Assess the Impact of California Surprise Billing Laws on Physicians CMA needs feedback from physicians to demonstrate to Congress the impact that California’s laws are having on practice viability, patient access to in-network physician care, as well as emergency and on-call medical services. September 11, 2019 Advocacy, AMA, CMA , AMA, CMA, Surprise Billing 0 0 Comment Read More »