Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Foundations: Opportunities and Risks with New payment models CMA recently held a forum on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to educate members and physician leaders on this important, emerging model of care that is being encouraged by federal health care reform legislation. September 23, 2010 ACOs, Health Care Reform Accountable Care Organizations, ACO 0 0 Comment Read More »
SF Considers Fee on Alcoholic Beverages SFMS President, Michael Rokeach, MD, was quoted in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle in an article about the proposed fee on alcoholic beverages. August 6, 2010 News, SFMS Member Michael Rokeach 0 0 Comment Read More »
Whooping Cough: What Clinicians Need to Know Bay Area counties are offering free or discounted pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines as the bacterial infection spreads throughout California. July 9, 2010 News, Physician Resource, Public Health pertussis, whooping cough 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Information Technology Implementation Pearls and Resources If you are thinking about adopting an EHR in your practice, there is one thing you cannot do enough of: Plan. Here are some (free) resources to get you started. May 19, 2010 Primary Care, San Francisco Medicine, Technology EHR, electronic health records, electronic medical records, EMR, health information technology, HIT 3 3 Comments Read More »
Health Care "Reform": A Historic Step Forward? After a year of partisan political warfare and rhetoric ranging from high-minded to hateful, Speaker Pelosi and colleagues have sent President Obama legislation"resurrected like Lazarus" (New York Times) from what seemed like legal euthanasia a short time ago. March 24, 2010 News health care reform, insurance reform 1 1 Comment Read More »
