More than $40 million raised for fight over California dialysis profits and patients p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 23.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 17.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 17.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 20.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p5 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: ... August 30, 2018 Public Health dialysis 0 0 Comment Read More »
Doctor, hospital groups organize to oppose single-payer in California A group of influential, deep-pocketed business and health care organizations that have long helped shape the legislative agenda in California have joined forces to oppose any future effort to craft a universal, single-payer health care system for the nation’s largest state. The main focus of the coalition, called “Californians against the costly disruption of our health care,” is to kill any single-payer health care bill in the state Legislature, said Ned Wigglesworth, a political strategist for the coalition. Read More... August 28, 2018 Insurance single payer 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA/AMA responding to proposed Medicare payment rule On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) rule. This is the first year that CMS is combining the Medicare fee schedule and QPP rules. There are a number of positive elements in the proposed rule. These include: New payments for physician services that are not part of a face to face office visit (virtual check-ins, remote consults of patient videos and photographs, and online consultations with other physicians) ... August 7, 2018 Advocacy, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations Opposes Proposition 8 – the Dangerous Dialysis Proposition August 6, 2018 Ethnic physicians join broad coalition of more than 100 organizations opposing measure that puts dialysis patient lives at risk SACRAMENTO – Today, the No on Proposition 8 campaign announced that the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations (NEPO) has formally opposed Proposition 8. NEPO is coalition of more than 40 ethnic physician organizations in California and joins a broad coalition of more than 100 health advocates including the American Nurses Association\California; California Medical Association; American College of Emergency Physicians, California Chapter; and other groups representing doctors, nurses, patient advocates, veterans, community groups, and ... August 6, 2018 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
