Topic: California Medical Association
A physician ratings program soon will go into effect in California -- but without the support of the state medical association.. Its members include Blue Shield of California, the Pacific Business Group on Health -- a 50-member coalition of purchasers -- and ...
FreeAdvice.com, health insurance is an agreement from an insurance company or health plan that the company will pay for health care services in exchange for payments from their policyholders. Average Cost According to USA Today, the average individual spent $4,824 for a ...
Week of December 7, 2009The Senate began to slog its way through amendments (see below) last week in a process that promises to get harder, not easier. In the meantime, the debate continues as to whether the Senate bill would do anything ...
When Richard Sagall, MD, had a deaf patient request that he provide a sign language interpreter for the initial visit, he was left scratching his head.. It just said you had to have good communication," said Dr. Sagall, a family physician who ...
UnitedHealthcare says that starting in April, it will revise contracts that allowed drops in physician pay without notice, a move the company says will affect 70,000 doctors nationwide.. United's variable contract agreement, which the company said was based on a "progressive RVU" ...
News about health insurance companies -- policy rescissions, multimillion-dollar settlements over unfair business practices, soaring premiums -- raised an urgent question for state legislators.. In February, Sen. Sheila Kuehl introduced a bill to raise the medical-loss ratio -- the percentage of each ...
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