NYCU October 2, 2024 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024 PHYSICIANS: I’m pleased to report that California Medical Association is wrapping up another successful legislative session in Sacramento advocating for California’s physicians and patients. The Governor has signed into law several important pieces of legislation strongly supported by CMA. The bills cited below were part of CMA’s ‘Priority Bills Package’ for the legislature. He signed Assembly Bill 977 authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a bill sponsored by CMA to protect health care workers while at work in emergency departments. Previously, assaults against health care workers inside an ... October 14, 2024 Advocacy, Artificial Intelligence, Champions for Health, CMA, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Infectious Disease, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Physician Workforce, Practice Management, Public Health, Regulations, Reproductive Rights, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU September 17, 2024 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 PHYSICIANS: It’s important that you contact your Member of Congress as soon as possible! For the fifth straight year, physicians are facing a Medicare payment cut unless Congress intervenes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, which includes yet another 2.8% cut to physician Medicare payments on January 1, 2025. This cut is mostly due to an expiring 2.93% temporary increase that Congress had previously authorized. Failure to stop these cuts threatens seniors access to physicians and ... October 14, 2024 Advocacy, Artificial Intelligence, CAHAN Alerts, Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Physician Workforce, Proposition 35, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »
NCYU July 7, 2024 TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024 PHYSICIANS: On January 1, 2024, the first phase of Medi–Cal provider rate increases took effect as a result of the 2023–24 budget deal. But, because implementing the rate increases required system and contract updates, health plans had been given additional time to start making the payments. On June 20, 2024, California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued guidance in All Plan Letter 24–007 to Medi–Cal managed care plans on implementation of the 2024 Medi–Cal Targeted Rate Increase Fee Schedule and the retroactive payments for claims with dates ... July 15, 2024 Advocacy, CAHAN Alerts, Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Infectious Disease, Leadership, Medi-Cal, Public Health, Regulations, Reproductive Rights, SDCMS, Transgender Healthcare 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU June 25, 2024 TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024 PHYSICIANS: Let me draw your attention to an excellent article on the stakes and latest developments related to the need to significantly increase Medi–Cal funding and the California Medical Association–led ‘Protect Access to Care’ Initiative which has now officially qualified for the November ballot. This initiative is of tremendous importance and will be the top advocacy priority of CMA and San Diego County Medical Society for this year. SAN DIEGANS ELECTED TO KEY OFFICES AT AMA CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO Six California physicians were elected to American Medical Association [AMA] leadership ... June 28, 2024 American Medical Association, Artificial Intelligence, CAHAN Alerts, Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, COVID-19, Cyber Security/Attacks, Medi-Cal, Public Health, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU June 11, 2024 TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2024 PHYSICIANS: We are pleased to report that the California Medical Association–led initiative to expand access to and improve health care for all Californians took another important step forward as the ‘Protect Access to Care’ Initiative officially became eligible for the November 2024 ballot after counties throughout the state finished counting signatures submitted by our campaign coalition. The initiative will bring billions of dollars in federal funding to California to improve care for patients across the state, particularly the more than 15 million Californians, including half of the state’s ... June 20, 2024 Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, Infectious Disease, Medi-Cal, Public Health, Regulations, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »
NYCU May 28, 2024 TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024 PHYSICIANS: The County’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) team would like to share with SDCMS the latest edition of their quarterly newsletter, found at OD2A Quarterly Newsletter Winter 2023. This quarter’s theme is transition and includes information about the transition of the County’s CDC–funded OD2A program to the Overdose Surveillance and Response (OSAR) program. The Winter 2023 OD2A newsletter also contains information about how prescribers can earn continuing medical education (CME) credits by completing the OD2A–developed opioid stewardship academic detailing modules, featuring a special CURES 2.0 module. Additionally, ... June 6, 2024 CAHAN Alerts, Champions for Health, CMA, CMA Benefits, Controlled Substances, Infectious Disease, Leadership, Medi-Cal, Opioids, Public Health, Retired Physicians, SDCMS 0 0 Comment Read More »