Special SDCMS “News You Can Use” <> It's Finally Over: The SGR Is Dead! Thursday, April 16, 2015 After a decade of battling, the U.S. Senate, in a whopping vote of 92–8, passed HR 2 on Tuesday, the monumental, bipartisan Medicare SGR Payment Reform and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act — both Senators Feinstein and Boxer voted in the affirmative. Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted the legislation in a landslide vote of 392–37. A 21% cut to physicians’ Medicare payments was set to take place on April 15. Instead, HR 2 provides positive annual payment updates of 0.5% starting ... April 16, 2015 Medicare, SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> April 7, 2015 CONTENTS Senate Delays Vote on SGR Until mid-April • CMS to Delay 21% Cuts Until Mid-month Mingle, Socialize, and Network With Your Fellow Physicians on Friday, April 24 Supreme Court Limits Avenues Providers Can Use to Sue States Over Medicaid Funding CMA Submits Letter to CMS Requesting Assessment of Medi-Cal Rates So What Have We Done for Our Members Lately? Work-Life Balance Workshop on Saturday, May 2 June ... April 7, 2015 Medi-Cal, Medicare, SGR Medi-Cal, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Special "News You Can Use" <> March 27, 2015 First the Good News: The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to move HR 2. I have included the major terms of HR 2 at bottom. CMA's long-term work at the grassroots and in Washington resulted in landslide-level support for HR 2: Only 2 of California's 53 representatives did not support HR 2. I cannot over-emphasize the fact that member dues paid for this long-term work, and that's why we were able to get landslide-level support for HR 2. Now the Bad News: The Senate “kicked the can down the road” for two ... March 27, 2015 SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> March 4, 2015 Sign up to Receive SDCMS's E-newsletter, "News You Can Use" — Email NYCU@SDCMS.org CONTENTS Executive Director Note on the April 1 SGR Cut Mingle, Socialize, and Network With Your Fellow Physicians on Friday, April 24, 5:30pm–8:00pm Safe Prescribing Symposium on March 11 June 6 Workshop on Financial & Legal Life Skills Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? Your Member Services Quiz Pertussis Epidemic Continues in San Diego County ... March 4, 2015 SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> February 6, 2015 CONTENTS Help San Diego Take 25,000 Blood Pressure Readings as Part of Friday, February 13 Love Your Heart Day Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? The SGR Tango Is Coming, the SGR Tango Is Coming … Your Member Services Quiz Measles Resources for Physicians, Including Office Posters CDC Encourages Antiviral Treatment for Influenza Can You Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in ... February 9, 2015 ICD-10, Public Health, SGR Measles 0 0 Comment Read More »
Special "News You Can Use" on SGR, GPCI, and ICD-10 Click Here to Read the April 5 U-T San Diego Article Titled: "State Medicare Reimbursements to Rise" Executive Director Comments: After almost a decade of struggle, the GPCI inequity for San Diego County is finally resolved — and this is not, repeat not, an April Fool’s joke. Yesterday evening, the president signed HR 4302 / S 2000, the details of which can be read by clicking here, which does three big things plus a lot of other little stuff that we'll talk about in future NYCUs: kicks the can down ... April 2, 2014 GPCI, ICD-10, SGR GPCI, ICD-10, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »