Bad Bugs, From Farm to Us: Curtailing Antibiotic Overuse in Agriculture With ever-increasing microbial resistance to our ever-challenged arsenal of antibiotics, clearly we need to do everything possible to stay ahead in the Darwinian race between bacterial pathogens and humanity. One intervention, increasingly indicated by research and supported by many reputable health organizations, is to decrease the massive prophylactic and growth-promoting use of antibiotics in the production of food, primarily meat. September 4, 2012 Public Health, San Francisco Medicine, SFMS Member Lester Breslow, Philip Lee, Antibiotic overuse 0 0 Comment Read More »
Oppose SB 1528 -- Last Minute Legislation Threatening MICRA SB 1528 is a last minute legislation that would undermine the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA). If passed, the bill would artificially inflating economic medical expense damage awards in managed care cases. This, in turn, would increase medical malpractice premiums for physicians, many of whom would be forced to close shop thereby further limiting access to care for all Californians. CALL NOW to urge your legislators to VOTE NO on SB 1528. August 31, 2012 Advocacy, MICRA, Politics and Medicine, SFMS Member Events Legislative advocacy, Legislative Alert, MICRA, SB 1528 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Supports Bills to Reinstate Medi-Cal Managed Care Organization Tax and Healthy Families SFMS/CMA support SB 301 (DeSaulnier) and AB 826 (Swanson), which would reinstate the Medi-Cal Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax and the Healthy Families Program. Both bills have support from Republicans and Democrats in both houses. August 27, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal AB 826, Medi-Cal, SB 301, Healthy Families, MCO tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
HHS Delays ICD-10 Coding to October 2014 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) postponed the use of ICD-10 diagnostic codes until October 1, 2014. The 1-year delay comes in response to complaints by organized medicine about the administrative burden of converting to ICD-10. August 27, 2012 Advocacy, AMA, HIPAA health plan identifier codes, HPID, ICD-10 delay, ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
HHS Releases Interim Final Rule on Electronic Funds Transfers/ Remittance Advice The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an interim administrative simplification final rule for electronic funds transfers (EFT) and remittance advice (ERA) transactions. The rule is open for public comment until October 9. August 24, 2012 News ERA, EFT, remittance advice 0 0 Comment Read More »
