Urgent "News You Can Use" <> Please Act Today to Repeal & Replace the SGR! Physicians: Call Your Congressperson and Senators Today to Repeal and Replace the SGR! A bill to permanently repeal Medicare’s fatally flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula is finally before Congress: The SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 (HR 1415 / S 2000). There is significant pushback from non-physician groups, so Congress needs to hear from every San Diego County physician today that this matters and that it must pass! We don't want Congress to kick the can down the road AGAIN! 1) Please Contact All Three of Your Federal ... March 5, 2014 GPCI, Medicare, SGR GPCI, Medicare, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> January 10, 2014 CONTENTS Executive Director Comment on the Governor's 2014-15 Budget Eliminating the Retroactive 10% Medi-Cal Cuts Download CMA's "Surviving the First Month of Covered California" Tip Sheet Trying to Figure Out Life After Residency? Practice Managers / Office Managers: Please Take the 2013 SDCMS Medical Office Salary Survey! Meet Dr. Madara, the CEO of the American Medical Association (AMA), at a UCSD/AMA Evening Reception Influenza Updates President Signed Law ... January 10, 2014 Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Public Health Covered California, Flu, Influenza, Medi-Cal, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> December 18 CONTENTS Executive Director Comment on Upcoming 24% Cut in Medicare Rates California Finally Pays Primary Care Physicians the ACA-mandated 2013 Medi-Cal Bump to Medicare Trying to Figure out Life After Residency? Webinar on Covered California and What to Tell Your Patients Regarding Health Insurance Coverage Practice Managers / Office Managers: Please Take the 2013 SDCMS Medical Office Salary Survey! CMA Summary of New 2014 Healthcare Laws Democrats’ Budget ... January 10, 2014 Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, SGR, Workers' Compensation 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> October 4, 2013 CONTENTS: The MBC Is Currently Transitioning to a New Database — Online License Renewals Affected! Primary Care Physicians: Before Receiving Increased Medi-Cal, You Must First Attest to Your Eligibility! SDCMS’s 2013 San Diego County Physician Workforce and Compensation Survey MICRA Fight Contribution Update — Hospital Medical Staffs MICRA Fight Contribution Update — Specialty Groups CMA House of Delegates Participation CDC Releases Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza With ... October 4, 2013 Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, MICRA, Noridian, PPACA Covered California, MBC, Medi-Cal, Medical License, MICRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
“News You Can Use” <> September 18, 2013 CONTENTS: Medicare Intermediary Transition From Palmetto to Noridian September 23 HIPAA Compliance Deadline 10 Questions Physicians Need to Be Asking About the October 1, 2014, ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition SDCMS Foundation Heroes de la Salud on September 26 Money and Legal Skills for Early Career Physicians: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 8:30am–12:00pm CMA 3 for 3 in Killing Inappropriate Scope of Practice Expansions CDC Urges Pertussis Vaccine During Every ... September 18, 2013 ICD-10, Medicare, MICRA, Noridian, Public Health, Scope of Practice, Trial Lawyers HIPAA, ICD-10, MICRA, Noridian, Public Health, Scope of Practice 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" — August 14, 2013 CONTENTS: So How Are You Doing on Your Preparations for the ICD-9 to ICD-10 Transition Next Year? MICRA Watch: Trial Attorneys Have Submitted Ballot Language to Repeal Key Provisions of MICRA Sunshine Law Now in Effect Updated MERS-CoV Guidance From CDC 13 San Diego County Residents Diagnosed With Confirmed or Probable Invasive Meningococcal Disease In 2013 New Online Course for Clinicians Caring for Patients With Addiction CMA Negotiates ... August 14, 2013 ICD-10, Medicare, MICRA, Noridian, Public Health, Regulations MICRA 0 0 Comment Read More »