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 »
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 »
Sequestration FAQ: How will the cuts affect California physicians? How will the cuts affect California physicians? March 4, 2013 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Resources Sequestration 0 0 Comment Read More »