California Watch is reporting that SB 850, the proposed law that would have required “track changes” type functionality for electronic health records and made those changes available to the patient has been changed. The revised bill now requires that a log be kept of all changes, but those...
This is not surprising in view of what occurred at the City of Hope and yes this is stressful for both hospitals and doctors and some of the carpet is being yanked up here that has been around for years. in other states, doctors can work directly as employees for hospitals, but in California the...
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These are some pretty areas lined out, that is if all follow the ideals as prescribed here. The first rule is important as they want doctors to lead the governance here and not be lead by management or commercial interests. Insurers are not to benefit from the savings, and I agree there as...
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The CMA is the second largest doctors group in the US, second only to the TMA in Texas. Many other doctor associations in other states have also expressed their opposition. No word yet on how the association stands on the House version. BD The state's largest doctors group is opposing...
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The CMA has a new president coming into office, and his background is Cosmetic Dermatology. The last 2 lines of his short interview say it all, he went into the Cosmetic end of healthcare due to difficulty of dealing with insurance plans and the cost! Being he is in the predominantly...
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The California Medical Association may in fact have a good case as this agency is not funded by the state, but rather license fees paid by the physicians. So why is this an issue? With furloughs and not having the availability to get new physicians out into practice and the time to investigate...
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As noted below, a similar bill last year was vetoed, although I don’t know what else might have been included with the bill. With healthcare reform on everybody’s mind, rescission is one of the hot issues being debated, not cancelling coverage when the patient needs the coverage and the care. ...