CA physicians outline agenda to improve patient affordability, access and quality The California Medical Association (CMA) recently convened the organization’s 147th annual House of Delegates (HOD) meeting in Sacramento. Over 500 California physicians debated and outlined a bold agenda to increase health care affordability, improve health care delivery, create efficiencies throughout the health care system, and improve health outcomes, which includes addressing social determinants of health and expanding telehealth services. “Physicians serve at the center of health care delivery, providing a unique expertise to ensure our patients are receiving affordable, timely and quality care,” said CMA President David H. Aizuss, M.D. “Health ... October 18, 2018 Healthcare, Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
HHS Encouraging Physicians to Use Telemedicine to Help Treat Opioid Use Disorder The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing materials to encourage physicians to take advantage of telemedicine tools, according to a recent HHS blog post. The newly-available resources were developed to help clinicians better understand how they can use telemedicine as a tool to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and expand treatment options. “Working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HHS developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based MAT [medication assisted treatment]for opioid use disorder treatment under current DEA regulations,” said the ... October 5, 2018 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Verity Health System Enters into Asset Purchase Agreement with Santa Clara County Santa Clara County has entered into an agreement to acquire O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif., and Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, Calif., for $235 million Verity Health continues to actively seek potential buyers for its other hospitals All Verity Health hospitals continue to provide high-quality care to patients throughout the Chapter 11 process Verity Health System of California, Inc. (“Verity Health”), a nonprofit healthcare system, today filed a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles seeking bankruptcy court approval of a procedure to obtain bids ... October 5, 2018 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
More than $40 million raised for fight over California dialysis profits and patients p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 23.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 17.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 17.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 20.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} p.p5 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 25.0px; font: 12.0px Montserrat; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: ... August 30, 2018 Public Health dialysis 0 0 Comment Read More »
Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations Opposes Proposition 8 – the Dangerous Dialysis Proposition August 6, 2018 Ethnic physicians join broad coalition of more than 100 organizations opposing measure that puts dialysis patient lives at risk SACRAMENTO – Today, the No on Proposition 8 campaign announced that the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations (NEPO) has formally opposed Proposition 8. NEPO is coalition of more than 40 ethnic physician organizations in California and joins a broad coalition of more than 100 health advocates including the American Nurses Association\California; California Medical Association; American College of Emergency Physicians, California Chapter; and other groups representing doctors, nurses, patient advocates, veterans, community groups, and ... August 6, 2018 Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
