Gary Honts Named Chief Executive Officer for JFK Memorial Hospital Gary Honts, who has been leading JFK Memorial Hospital in an interim role since September 2012, has been named permanent chief executive officer. June 12, 2013 Community, Riverside County Community, Riverside County Community CEO, Gary Honts, JFK Memorial Hospital, Tenet 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge Your Assembly Member to Support Bill to Close ACA Loophole Please contact your legislators today and urge them to support this important bill, which would increase funding for Medi-Cal providers and incentivize large companies to provide adequate employer-sponsored coverage. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Resources AB 880, ACA, Legislative Alert, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge your Legislator to OPPOSE Bills to Expand Scope of Nonphysician Practitioners Urge your assembly members to OPPOSE SB 491, SB 492 and SB 493 today! These bills would provide nurse practitioners with independent practice, allow optometrists to perform surgical and nonsurgical primary care beyond their scope of practice, and create a new advanced practice pharmacist who can prescribe medication and administer immunizations. Ultimately, these bills will put patients at risk and lower the quality of care provided in our state. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation Hernandez, Legislative Alert, SB 491, SB 492, SB 493, Scope of Practice 0 0 Comment Read More »
RCMA Plastic Surgeon Named New President of California Plastic Surgery Society Robert A. Hardesty, MD, FACS, former Chief of Plastic Surgery at Loma Linda Medical Center and Medical Director of Imagine Plastic Surgery in Riverside, was named President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons this past weekend at their annual meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Hardesty will oversee the largest state plastic surgery organization of board certified plastic surgeons in the United States. June 12, 2013 Community, Press Release, Riverside County Community, Riverside County Community California Society of Plastic Surgeons , CSPS, Imagine Plastic Surgery, Loma Linda, Plastic Surgery, President, RCMA Member 0 0 Comment Read More »
The Role of Clearinghouses in the ICD-10 Transition Practices preparing for the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 deadline are looking for resources and organizations that can help them make a smooth transition. It is important to know that while clearinghouses can help, they cannot provide the same level of support for the ICD-10 transition as they did for the Version 5010 upgrade. May 29, 2013 ICD-10, Medicare, Resources Clearinghouses, ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Care Reform 2014 Marks a New Era Health care reform is in full-swing with the heftiest legislation set for 2014 — when health insurance will become available to millions of Americans who were previously uninsured. Starting January 1, 2014, most Americans will be required to have health insurance and many businesses will be required to offer coverage to their employees. In addition, health insurance exchanges (Covered California) will be available to facilitate access to coverage. May 21, 2013 Health Care Reform, Resources 2014, Health Care Reform 0 0 Comment Read More »
Public Health Alert: Routine HIV Screening Did you know that Riverside County has the fifth highest number of HIV cases and sixth highest number of AIDS cases of any county in California? As of December 2011 there were 4,743 reported cases of HIV or AIDS in Riverside County. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also estimates that nearly 1 in 5 people with HIV do not even know that they are infected. For Riverside County this means nearly 1,266 HIV infected individuals are unaware that they are infected, do not receive life extending medical care and can pass the virus on to others. May 17, 2013 Public Health Alert, Resources, Resources, Riverside County Community AIDS, HIV, Public Health Alert, Cameron Kaiser, PHA 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Reform Heats Up More than three years have passed since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was into law, setting into motion some of the most dynamic and volatile years the nation’s health care industry has ever seen. April 25, 2013 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Health Care Reform, Legislation, Resources ACA, Health Reform 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare reimbursement for physicians will be cut by 2 percent on April 1 With no solution on the horizon to the budgetary woes in Congress, physicians should prepare for a 2 percent reduction in reimbursement from the Medicare program beginning on April 1. March 22, 2013 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Congress, Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Sequestration 0 0 Comment Read More »
Riverside Community Hospital Holds Ground breaking Ceremony for New $315 Million Major Expansion Project Plans for the new major $315 million expansion project finally came to fruition for Riverside Community Hospital when over 300 individuals including hospital administrators and board members, local and state officials, community representatives, local business owners and Chamber members celebrated the official ground breaking Friday, March 1, 2013. March 14, 2013 Riverside County Community Construction, Riverside Community Hospital, RCH 0 0 Comment Read More »
