News on public health policy and medicine from the California Medical Association http://www.cmaalert.org http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 http://www.cmanet.org/images/alert_logo_mini.jpg http://www.cmanet.org/feeds/cma_alert.xml 144 22 Don't miss the chance to claim your share of the $350 million UnitedHealth Group settlement. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd185.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The deadline for physicians to enroll in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' online PECOS system is September 1, 2010. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd186.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently approved regulations that would require physician participation in lethal injections, despite ongoing opposition from the California Medical Association (CMA). http://www.calphys.org/html/dd187.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was designed to identify fraud and waste in the Medicare system by identifying improper payments made for health care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd188.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The California Department of Public Health (CPDH) is hosting a free one-hour webinar featuring pediatric infectious disease specialist Mark Sawyer, M.D. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd189.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Please join us on Wednesday, August 25, for an important "meaningful use" training webinar. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd190.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Friday, August 13, was the last day for fiscal committees to hear and report bills to the Assembly or Senate floor. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd191.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 Many physicians across the state are being approached by hospital systems about joining new hospital-physician organizations. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd192.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The CMA Foundation received a $10,000 grant from The Doctors Company Foundation to provide 40 medical students with scholarships to attend CMA's fifth annual Medical Student Leadership Conference. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd193.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The 14th Annual California Health Care Leadership Academy, originally slated for mid-April of next year, has been rescheduled for June 3-5, 2011. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd194.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The California Medical Association's Young Physicians Section (YPS) will hold its Annual Assembly and Education Conference Friday, October 1, in Sacramento, immediately prior to the association's annual House of Delegates. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd195.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The Institute for Medical Quality's 2011 PreCALS Plus Medical Staff Issues and Answers Conference will be held on October 28 – 29, 2010, at the Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport Hotel in Burlingame. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd196.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700 The CMA Foundation's 14th Annual President's Reception and Awards Dinner is Sunday, October 3, at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento. Proceeds will support the CMA Foundation's work linking physicians and their communities to raise awareness about important public health issues. http://www.calphys.org/html/dd197.asp Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0700