Reports published by the California Medical Association http://www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm/574/1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:50:18 -0800 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:40:03 -0800 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.0.4) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com CMA this week released its 12th annual "Knox-Keene Health Plan Expenditures Summary," detailing the financial status of California's HMOs. This year's report shows that in 2003-2004 Blue Cross of California again continued to spend less than 80 percent of each premium dollar on medical care. Just 79.9 percent of its revenue went to patient care, with 20.1 percent going to administrative costs and profit. http://www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm/574/1#13 Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:38:45 -0800 The California Medical Assn. released a report calling on the State Legislature to make Medi-Cal a budgeting priority in conjunction with a request by CMA and The Alliance for Patient Care, a broad coalition of health care advocates, to increase Medi-Cal reimbursement rates. The white paper, "Separating the Neediest From Health Care," addresses the growing problem for Medi-Cal patients in finding care as escalating health care costs combine with declining reimbursements to leave fewer and fewer providers able to treat Medi-Cal patients. http://www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm/574/1#15 Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:36:30 -0800 The Workers' Compensation reforms that took effect in 2004 were supposed to cut costs without harming patients or reducing care. The California Medical Association surveyed its membership this year to gauge how these reforms are working. http://www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm/574/1#14 Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:36:28 -0800 For the fifth year running, Blue Cross of California has spent less than 80 percent of premium dollars on patient care according to CMA’s 13th annual report examining annual health plan expenditures. Blue Cross, the state’s largest health insurer, spent 78.9 percent of its premium dollars on patient care in fiscal year 2004-2005, with 21 percent going to profits and administration. http://www.cmanet.org/publicdoc.cfm/574/1#16 Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:28:11 -0800