Dev GnanaDev M.D. reappointed to the Medical Board of California Dev GnanaDev, M.D. of Redlands has been reappointed to the Medical Board of California, where he has served since 2011. He has been a clinical professor of surgery at the Western University for Health Sciences since 1995; an associate professor of surgery at Loma Linda University since 1993; and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center since 1989, where he was medical director from 2000 to 2012. He has been president and chief executive officer of the California University of Science and Medicine since ... June 5, 2015 General Dev GnanaDev MD, Medical Board of California 0 0 Comment Read More »
Preview the new location of Southern California Medical Museum The Southern California Medical Museum invites you to a preview of their new location on the Western University of Health Sciences campus at the Nursing Science Center in the heart of downtown Pomona. Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. 350 S. Garey Ave. 1st Floor, Pomona, CA 91766 RSVP: Debbie Long at dlong@sbcms.org or 909-273-6000 Call Send SMS Call from mobile Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype June 2, 2015 General Western University of Health Sciences, Southern California Medical Museum 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA files amicus brief before the California Supreme Court in La Vida IPA nonpayment case The California Medical Association (CMA) recently filed an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court in Centinela Freeman Emergency Medical Assocs. v. Health Net et al. to urge a fair and just interpretation of provisions within the Knox-Keene Act that permit health plans to delegate payment responsibility to risk-bearing organizations (RBO). CMA filed the brief to support the plaintiffs in the case, out-of-network health care providers who were left unpaid for emergency medical care when La Vida Independent Practice Association went bankrupt in 2010. Most of the major Knox-Keene ... June 2, 2015 General Legal Advocacy, Emergency Physicians 0 0 Comment Read More »
Malcolm Gladwell talks problem solving at Western Health Care Leadership Academy Physicians must be mystery solvers, not puzzle solvers, to successfully deal with the problems of the modern era, said New York Times bestselling author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell in his address to hundreds of physicians at the Western Health Care Leadership Academy on Friday. Gladwell, a keynote speaker at the Hollywood event, spent his keynote illustrating the difference between two conflicting types of problems: mysteries and puzzles — a distinction originally made by national security expert Gregory Treverton. According to the theory, puzzles occur when there is not enough information to ... June 2, 2015 General Western Health Care Leadership Academy 0 0 Comment Read More »
IMQ offers free online course on identifying and reporting child abuse The California Medical Association's Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) announced that it will offer free training on ways to recognize and report child abuse and neglect. This interactive online course was produced by the Child Abuse Prevention center in Sacramento and designed for physicians who, because of their training or their practice, may not be familiar with indications of child abuse. Nurses, social workers and other health care professionals can also benefit from the training, particularly because they often have more extensive contact with patients or families. IMQ has received ... June 2, 2015 General Institute for Medical Quality, Maternal and Child Health, Reporting Abuse/Violence, Continuing Medical Education 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA supports bill to eliminate RAC incentives that cause punitive and burdensome auditing The California Medical Association (CMA) has announced its support of a bill introduced in Congress on May 22 that would reform the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) system. It is titled the Fair Medical Audits Act of 2015 and was introduced by North Carolina Congressman George Holding. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established the Medicare RAC program to combat fraud and waste in the Medicare system. Initially launched in 2005 as a demonstration project in three states (California, Florida and New York), the Centers for ... June 2, 2015 Medicare Advocacy, Federal Legislation, Medicare, Recovery Audit Program 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Capitol Insight: May 26, 2015 CMA Capitol Insight is a biweekly column by veteran journalist Anthony York, reporting on the inner works of the state Legislature. Only time will tell As a bill to require children to receive vaccinations before entering public school moved off the Senate floor, the tactics of the California Chiropractic Association were brought into question through a number of independent journalism reports. The California Medical Association will continue to fight hard for what we believe is good public health policy. And while we understand that there can be honest and open disagreement ... June 2, 2015 General CMA Capitol Insight, State Legislative Advocacy, Anthony York 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS to issue new Medicaid managed care rules for comment For the first time since 2002, the Obama administration has announced that it will propose new federal regulations for Medicaid managed care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is slated to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sometime in 2015. Industry stakeholders have already submitted input and recommendations to CMS to consider in the final drafting of the new rules. Indications from those who have already commented on agency drafts are that the new rules will address rate setting, stronger beneficiary protections and easing beneficiary transitions between Medicaid ... May 26, 2015 Managed Care, Medi-Cal CMS, Long Term Care, Medi-Cal, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 0 0 Comment Read More »
Fresno ER physician announces run for State Assembly On May 11, Joaquin Arambula, M.D., an emergency room physician at Adventist Medical Center in Selma, located in rural Fresno County, announced he is running for the California State Assembly. “I am running for Assembly to make our community a healthier place to live, work and raise a family,” Dr. Arambula said. “I will go to Sacramento to fight for access to quality health care, public education and our fair share of water.” Both the current Assembly representative from District 31, Henry T. Perea, who is not eligible to run because ... May 26, 2015 General Physician Leadership, State Assembly, California Assembly 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Medical Association supports the Fair Medical Audits Act of 2015 The California Medical Association (CMA) issued a strong endorsement for the “Fair Medical Audits Act of 2015,” introduced today by U.S. Representative George Holding of North Carolina. The legislation addresses many concerns that physicians have with regard to the extraordinary lack of transparency and expensive, time-consuming and often unfair processes that plague the current Medicare audit program. Representative Holding declared it time to fix the broken audit program: “Put simply, patients achieve the best health outcomes when practicing physicians do just that – practice medicine. My bill will bring transparency ... May 26, 2015 Medicare Federal Legislation, Medicare, Recovery Audit Program, Advocacy, Audits 0 0 Comment Read More »
