Package of Tobacco Bills Reintroduced to Raise Smoking Age, Regulate e-Cigarettes SFMS and CMA join our Save Lives California coalition partners to applaud California lawmakers reintroduced a package of six tobacco bills this week to fight the No. 1 cause of preventable death in California: tobacco use. July 17, 2015 Advocacy, CMA, News, Public Health e-cigarettes, Save Lives California, tobacco, tobacco legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
Highlights from AMA’s 2015 House of Delegates The American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates tackled a diverse set of resolutions this year that are of interest to California physicians, including medical-only exemptions from school vaccination requirements, electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use, ICD-10 implementation, Medicaid rates and opioid abuse. July 14, 2015 AMA AMA House of Delegates, EHR, vaccination 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Proposes Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care New CMS proposed rule includes a 0.5% overall increase in Medicare reimbursement in 2016 for all providers and assigns codes to pay providers for end-of-life consultations. July 13, 2015 Health Care Reform, News CMS proposed rule, end-of-life care, Medicare provider reimbursement 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Proposes Value-Based Payments for Hip, Knee Replacements CMS has proposed significant changes to Medicare reimbursements for knee and hip replacements. Deadline to submit comment is September 8, 2015. July 10, 2015 Medicare, Payment CMS, knee and hip replacement, value-based payment 0 0 Comment Read More »
Payments, Penalties to Change Post-SGR With the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula comes a new, consolidated quality reporting program for Medicare. Physician practices may be faced with bonus payments and financial penalties under the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS). July 9, 2015 Health Care Reform, Physician Resource, Practice Management PQRS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, merit-based incentive payment system, MIPS, value-based payment 0 0 Comment Read More »
