Court proceedings begin in Anthem-Cigna mega-merger suit Last week, the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and a bipartisan group of state attorneys started court proceedings to block the $48 billion mega-merger between Anthem and Cigna. The merger, if allowed to proceed, would reduce competition and increase health plan market power, compromising patients’ access to care and negatively impacting the quality and affordability of health care across the country. November 29, 2016 CMA Anthem, Cigna, CMA, Merger 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Launches New Online Tool to Make Quality Payment Program Easier for Clinicians CMS recently released a tool to automatically share electronic data for the Medicare Quality Payment Program. November 29, 2016 MACRA, Physician Resource, Practice Management API, CMS, MACRA, QPP 0 0 Comment Read More »
Happy Thanksgiving from the San Francisco Medical Society Happy Thanksgiving from the San Francisco Medical Society November 23, 2016 Uncategorized SFMS, Thanksgiving 0 0 Comment Read More »
AMA Federal Transition Priorities The AMA is seeking input on several issues relating to its advocacy agenda as they engage the Trump Transition Team and prepare for the new Congress. November 21, 2016 AMA, Health Care Reform, MACRA, Politics and Medicine MACRA, AMA, Health Reform, Regulatory Relief 0 0 Comment Read More »
Facing Addiction in America: New Surgeon General's Report Could be another Landmark U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued a landmark report, "Facing Addiction in America," early Thursday highlighting the scope of the nation's drug and alcohol problem, examining the science, and demanding an evidence-based, integrated public health response. An informed look at the new Surgeon General's report will appear in the January/February edition of San Francisco Medicine; for now, this MedPage story contains a good analysis and links to the report itself: November 18, 2016 Medications, Physician Resource Addiction, Addiction Medicine, Opioids, Surgeon General 0 0 Comment Read More »
