Funding UCR School of Medicine California’s Senate and Assembly have unanimously approved identical bills appropriating $15,000,000 annually from the General Fund to the Regents of the University of California for allocation to the School of Medicine at UC Riverside. June 13, 2013 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Riverside County Community Assembly, CA Senate, Council on Graduate Medical Education, Federal Legislation, Funding, Legislation, UC Riverside 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 »
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 »