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News Service
June 2019
- State Budget Deal Expands Health Care to Undocumented Young Adults and Subsidies to Middle-Income Families CAL/AAEM News Service
May 2019
- As ER Wait Times Grow, More Patients Leave Against Medical Advice CAL/AAEM News Service
- Trump Throws Support Behind Fix For Surprise Medical Bills, But Hurdles Remain CAL/AAEM News Service
- Taking the surprise out of surprise billing CAL/AAEM News Service
April 2019
- Facing Escalating Workplace Violence, Hospital Employees Have Had Enough CAL/AAEM News Service
- Why Did AAEM Take a Stand Against APP Independent Practice? CAL/AAEM News Service
March 2019
- Report: 8,000 medical practices acquired by hospitals in 18 months CAL/AAEM News Service
February 2019
- CMS launches new model for paying ambulance crews-even if they don't transport to the ER CAL/AAEM News Service
- How states can take the lead on mitigating surprise out-of-network billing, -AND Hospital groups push for seat at table as lawmakers address 'surprise billing' CAL/AAEM News Service
January 2019
- California Hospitals Strive To Comply With New Homeless Patient Laws, But Say Lack Of Resources Makes It Tough CAL/AAEM News Service
- AAEM Scientific Assembly, March 10-13 in Las Vegas CAL/AAEM News Service
- Despite an opioid crisis, most ERs don't offer addiction treatment. California is changing that CAL/AAEM News Service
- Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes healthcare mandate, Medi-Cal expansion to more immigrants without legal status CAL/AAEM News Service
- CMA expresses serious concerns over implementation of new security prescription requirement CAL/AAEM News Service
December 2018
- Millions of Americans Could Face Surprise Emergency Room Bills in January CAL/AAEM News Service
October 2018
- Insurers could deny 1 in 6 ER visits if they were to adopt Anthem policy, JAMA says CAL/AAEM News Service
July 2018
- Tulare hospital district settles suit with former medical staff CAL/AAEM News Service
June 2018
- Health Net to rescind modifier 25 and emergency services payment policies CAL/AAEM News Service
- ER STAFFING SPLIT ALONG URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE CAL/AAEM News Service
- 2018-2019 CAL/AAEM Board of Directors - Election Results CAL/AAEM News Service
- CMA urges Health Net to rescind recently announced payment policies CAL/AAEM News Service
May 2018
- Contact California State Assembly Appropriations Committee members today and ask them to oppose AB 3087 CAL/AAEM News Service
- Health Net to delay modifier 25 and emergency services policy changes until July 1 CAL/AAEM News Service
April 2018
- 2018 AAEM Board of Directors Election Results, -and- CAL/AAEM Board Nominations deadline April 16th CAL/AAEM News Service
- Contact State Assembly Health Committee members and ask them to oppose AB 3087 CAL/AAEM News Service
March 2018
- Ten ERs In Colorado Tried To Curtail Opioids And Did Better Than Expected CAL/AAEM News Service
- Anthem Revises 'Avoidable' ED Visit Policy in MO, KY and GA -AND- A break for doctors: Trump administration wants to reduce reporting burden under MIPS CAL/AAEM News Service
- Robert Pearl: Kaiser Permanente modifies ER staffing to meet patient demand, improve efficiency -AND- Unequal Medicare payments fuel health care consolidation trends CAL/AAEM News Service
February 2018
- Trump signs $400B budget deal that funds healthcare programs, reopens government after overnight shutdown CAL/AAEM News Service
- Standalone ERs may have grown too fast in Texas, but other states continue to embrace them CAL/AAEM News Service
- Healthcare groups renew push for single-payer system in California CAL/AAEM News Service
January 2018
- Survey: 42% of Physicians Report Burnout, Some Cite Depression CAL/AAEM News Service
December 2017
- Is it an emergency? Insurer makes patients question ER visit CAL/AAEM News Service
November 2017
- Anthem Blue Cross announces plans to significantly cut reimbursement on E/M services with modifier 25 CAL/AAEM News Service
August 2017
- When High Deductibles Hurt: Even Insured Patients Postpone Care -AND- With Tom Price in charge at the Department of Health and Human Services, doctors are winning in Washington CAL/AAEM News Service
July 2017
- House votes to limit damages from medical malpractice lawsuits CAL/AAEM News Service
- CBO Deals Blow To Senate Health Bill With Estimate Of 22 Million More Uninsured -AND- Telemedicine Is Wide-Reaching But Doesn't Always Replace Doctor's Touch CAL/AAEM News Service
- Senate GOP unveils draft of healthcare overhaul bill -AND- Final budget agreement provides over $1 billion to improve Medi-Cal provider payments CAL/AAEM News Service
- Half a Million Clinicians Face 2% Medicare Penalty This Year -AND- Senate Health Bill Would Revamp Medicaid, Alter ACA Guarantees, Cut Premium Support CAL/AAEM News Service
- Medi-Cal Patients Flocking To ERs More Than Before ACA -AND- California ER use jumps despite Medicaid expansion CAL/AAEM News Service
June 2017
- Practice owners no longer the physician majority CAL/AAEM News Service
- California's New Single-Payer Proposal Embraces Some Costly Old Ways -AND- What would California's proposed single-payer healthcare system mean for me? CAL/AAEM News Service
- Tipping point: AMA study finds physician practice owners no longer the majority -AND- California Senate backs longshot single-payer care bill CAL/AAEM News Service
May 2017
- Governor's revised budget diverts tobacco tax revenue for general fund obligations instead of improving access to care for Medi-Cal patients -AND- Hospitals worry about the 23 million that would lose coverage under AHCA CAL/AAEM News Service
- California Hospitals Lose Ground In Quality Of Care, Report Card Shows -AND- Opioid prescriptions in CA dropped 17 percent since 2013 CAL/AAEM News Service
- Top 10 highlights in new AHCA bill -AND- Fate of Obamacare now is in the Senate CAL/AAEM News Service
April 2017
- Kaiser Permanente chief says members are flocking to virtual visits CAL/AAEM News Service
- TRMC: Doctors, hospital battle in court -AND- N.Y. hedge fund eyes control of battered Adeptus CAL/AAEM News Service
- California bill for universal health care creates higher taxes, single-payer system CAL/AAEM News Service
March 2017
- CMA unveils plan to recoup Prop 56 funding to improve access to care CAL/AAEM News Service
- House Republican leaders release ACA repeal legislation -AND- What's in the Obamacare replacement bill, anyway? 13 things to know about the ACA repeal bill CAL/AAEM News Service
- CAL/AAEM Endorses Two Candidates for the AAEM Board Election CAL/AAEM News Service
- Uninsured rate in California drops to record low, CDC estimates -AND- House Releases ACA Repeal, Replace Bill That Transforms Medicaid CAL/AAEM News Service
- CAL/AAEM Endorses Two Candidates for the AAEM Board Election CAL/AAEM News Service
February 2017
- Price confirmed as HHS Secretary -AND- After Two Megadeals Blocked, Health Insurers Plot Next Moves CAL/AAEM News Service
- Surprise medical bills a costly problem for health plans, study says -AND- TeamHealth will pay $60 million to settle CMS overbilling claims CAL/AAEM News Service
- Parties in Summa Health staffing dispute agree on little -AND- California's Community Clinics, Big ACA Beneficiaries, Worry About Their Future CAL/AAEM News Service
- Governor Brown's proposed budget ignores the will of Proposition 56 voters; further burdens Medi-Cal system -AND- MedPAC wants to give hospitals and doctors raises, flag offsite ER claims CAL/AAEM News Service
January 2017
- AAEM Statement on USACS Replacement at Summa Health CAL/AAEM News Service
- The End of Obamacare -AND- Paul Ryan pledges ACA repeal, replacement in 2017; Democrats urge caution CAL/AAEM News Service
- Outlook for 2017: Rise of high-deductible plans has providers boosting collection efforts -AND- Doctors group warns against loss of coverage from ObamaCare repeal CAL/AAEM News Service
- No easy answers to physician burnout -AND- California Hopes $3 Billion Experiment Will Improve Health Of Neediest CAL/AAEM News Service
December 2016
- Major changes for Medicaid coming under Trump and the GOP -AND- Trump's healthcare 'dream team': Rep. Tom Price to head HHS, Seema Verma to lead CMS CAL/AAEM News Service
- Physicians besieged by 'burnout, ' pessimistic view of profession, Physicians Foundation study says CAL/AAEM News Service
- Calif. Supreme Court says HMOs are on the hook for clients' emergency bills -AND- The End of Obamacare CAL/AAEM News Service
- What happens to Medicaid in California under a Trump administration? -AND- MACRA will move forward largely untouched when Trump steps in, experts say CAL/AAEM News Service
November 2016
- TeamHealth bought by Blackstone Group for $6.1 billion -AND- Blackstone purchase of TeamHealth offers turnaround promise outside of public view CAL/AAEM News Service
- Myth Busted: ED Docs Not a Prime Source of Opioid Prescriptions CAL/AAEM News Service
- Study finds fewer California physicians accept Medi-Cal despite a surge in patients CAL/AAEM News Service
- Scarcity Of Mental Health Care Means Patients - Especially Kids - Land In ER CAL/AAEM News Service
October 2016
- More employers join push for value-based healthcare CAL/AAEM News Service
- Boom in free-standing emergency centers raises questions about regulation CAL/AAEM News Service
- More ER patients, but fewer on-call specialists available post-ACA CAL/AAEM News Service
- MACRA: CMS will give docs 4 options for 2017 -AND- New MACRA Rules Make Medicare Pay Cut in 2019 Less Likely CAL/AAEM News Service
September 2016
- Taxpayers will cover 70% of healthcare spending in California CAL/AAEM News Service
- TeamHealth continues buying spree of medical groups CAL/AAEM News Service
- Physician interest in unions on the rise CAL/AAEM News Service
- Study: Affordable Care Act provision had little effect on ER use CAL/AAEM News Service
- Passage of California surprise-bill legislation could spur other states to act CAL/AAEM News Service
- More physician employment means more breakup disputes CAL/AAEM News Service
August 2016
- Pain management in ER may significantly impact patient satisfaction CAL/AAEM News Service
- AB 72 wrongly rewards health insurance plans for carrying inadequate networks CAL/AAEM News Service
- California moves to block Anthem-Cigna deal CAL/AAEM News Service
- Covered California Health Plan Rates To Jump 13.2 Percent In 2017 CAL/AAEM News Service
July 2016
- 2015-2025 Projections of National Health Expenditures Data Released CAL/AAEM News Service
- ER death rate drops by half over 15-year period -AND- Obama calls for revisiting the public option CAL/AAEM News Service
- Jerry Brown signs $167 billion California budget, makes no cuts CAL/AAEM News Service
- In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits CAL/AAEM News Service
June 2016
- Docs say hospitals, practices not doing enough to address burnout CAL/AAEM News Service
- Envision Healthcare, AmSurg to Merge CAL/AAEM News Service
- CMS Proposes Requiring Medicare Hospitals to Adopt New Antibiotic Controls CAL/AAEM News Service
- New report shows Medi-Cal expansion threatened by low reimbursement rates CAL/AAEM News Service
- TeamHealth buys Calif. ER doc practice CAL/AAEM News Service
May 2016
- Out-of-network ER pay and charges fuel ire from docs and patients alike, -AND- ER docs sue HHS over out-of-network payments CAL/AAEM News Service
- Join AAEM and AAEM/RSA Advocacy Day CAL/AAEM News Service
- Docs question quality of 'no-touch' telemedicine services CAL/AAEM News Service
- As urgent care grows, the new twist is specialty clinics, franchises CAL/AAEM News Service
- Schumacher and ECI merger would create physician-staffing giant, -AND- Medicare Lays Out Plans For Changing Doctors' Pay CAL/AAEM News Service
- Florida and California move to shield consumers from surprise medical bills CAL/AAEM News Service
April 2016
- Study: Quality of urgent care by commercial telehealth providers varies widely CAL/AAEM News Service
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