AB 1805 Bill to Reverse Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cuts Unanimously Pass First Hurdle The Assembly Committee on Health unanimously voted 19-0 on AB 1805 to reverse the 10% Medi-Cal provider reimbursement rate cuts that was enacted as part of the 2011 State Budget Act. April 25, 2014 Advocacy, Medi Cal, Payment Medi-Cal provider reimbursement, Richard Pan, 2014 legislation, AB 1805 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Anthem Blue Cross Exchange Addendum: What Physicians Need to Know Anthem Blue Cross notified more than 11,000 practices who are currently participating in its individual/exchange network of a contract addendum that will become effective July 1, 2014. April 18, 2014 Covered California, Physician Resource, Practice Management Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Exchange Addendum, Covered California, Anthem 0 0 Comment Read More »
Free Risk Assessment Tool to Help Ensure HIPAA Compliance Physicians in small to mid-sized practices can conduct their own risk assessments using a free tool newly available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. April 14, 2014 HIPAA, Physician Resource HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, security risk assessment, SRA tool 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Releases Medicare Physician Payment Data Last night, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly released Medicare physician payment data, which identifies 38 of the top-paid doctors practice in California. April 9, 2014 AMA, Medicare AMA, CMS, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Medicare, Medicare Physician Payment Data 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFDPH Health Advisory: Measles – Consider measles in patients with fever and a rash April 8, 2014 SFDPH health advisory regarding measles. SF clinicians should consider measles in patients with fever and a rash. April 8, 2014 Physician Resource, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health health alert, measles, SFDPH health advisory 0 0 Comment Read More »
