United Healthcare to delay Premium Designation assessment until January 2017 United Healthcare (UHC) has announced it will delay the next version of its Premium Designation physician quality and cost assessment program until January 2017. The program uses clinical information from health care claims to evaluate physicians against various quality and cost-efficiency benchmarks. Originally scheduled to publish its latest results in January 2016, UHC has stated it is delaying in order to allow for improvements to the quality measures and cost-efficiency metrics in response to feedback provided by physicians. This means that the currently posted ratings will remain in place through ... December 7, 2015 Managed Care Quality reporting, United Healthcare, Quality of Care 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Capitol Insight: Nov. 24, 2015 CMA Capitol Insight is a biweekly column by veteran journalist Anthony York, reporting on the inner workings of the state Legislature. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ripples across the pond The terrorist attacks in Paris have reverberated through the political world, changing the tenor and tone of the American presidential contest and setting off a debate in statehouses around the country about housing Syrian refugees. Gov. Jerry Brown has said he would like to see California maintain its “traditional role as a place of asylum,” breaking with other governors who have warned that admitting Syrian refugees ... December 7, 2015 General CMA Capitol Insight, Anthony York 0 0 Comment Read More »
DWC reinstates requirement to pay lien activation fees for Workers' Compensation claims The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently announced that beginning November 9, 2015, the lien activation fees mandated under the Senate Bill 863 workers' compensation reforms will be reinstituted. This announcement comes in the wake of the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals decision to uphold the constitutionality of the lien activation fees and subsequent dismissal of the preliminary injunction imposed as part of the Angelotti Chiropractic, Inc., et al. v. Baker, et al. case. Under this order, any affected lien claimant who files a Declaration of Readiness or appears ... December 7, 2015 General Workers' Compensation 0 0 Comment Read More »
San Bernardino County Medical Society expresses concern and condolences for shooting victims __________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alison Elsner 909-273-6000-work, 760-413-5053-cell, aelsner@sbcms.org December 3, 2015 (San Bernardino County, CA.) – The San Bernardino County Medical Society and SBCMS President, Marti Baum, M.D., have issued the following statement in response to the shooting incident on December 2, 2015 in San Bernardino, California: “San Bernardino County Medical Society offers its heartfelt support and deepest concern for the victims and families involved in the tragic shooting incident in San Bernardino, California. We truly commend the heroic response from our local, county, state and federal law enforcement professionals as well as ... December 3, 2015 General Press Release 0 0 Comment Read More »
