Fall 2009 | View/Download PDF
- President’s Column, A Two Way Street, COA’s 2010 Annual Meeting/QME – Richard Barry, M.D.
- People in the News
- CMS Releases 2010 Changes to the Medicare Fee Schedule
- Understanding the Health Reform Debate by Ralph DiLibero, Editor, COA Report
- The Increased Cost (Damage) of a HIPAA Breach
- News of interest
- 2009 National Health Insurer Report Card
- Important Timelines for ABOS Recertification
- Coding Corner: Coding Articles of Interest
- DWC Intends to Move Forward with Workers’ Compensation Changes in 2010
- Department of Managed Health Care: Tool to Help Physicians with Claims Payment Problems
- Legislative Wrap-up 2009
- Scope of Practice:
- AB 721 (Nava)
- AB 1152 (Anderson)
- AB 356 (Fletcher)
- Workers Compensation:
- AB 933 (Fong)
- AB 361 (Lowenthal)
- SB 145 (DeSaulnier)
- SB 186 (DeSaulnier)
- Other:
- AB 542 (Feuer)
- AB 366 (Ruskin)
- AB 646 (Swanson), AB 648 (Chesbro), SB 726 (Ashburn)—hospital employment of physicians.
- Scope of Practice:
- Important Survey – California Joint Registry
Summer 2009 | View/Download PDF
- President’s Column, 57th President of COA – Richard Barry, M.D.
- AMA Takes First Steps to Build Physician Web Portal
- Center for the Health Professions report on the use of Physician Assistants and nurse practitioners in specialty care
- AAOS Nominations Committee Election Alert
- News of Interest
- Massachusetts Considers Capitated Insurance Payments
- Resource to Obtain the Services of Interpreters . . .
- Congrats—Orthopaedic Residents
- Highlights from the COA 2009 Annual Meeting/QME Course
- Platelet Rich Plasma Grafts for Use in Musculoskeletal Medicine by Kristin S. Tate, MPH
- People Must Be Healthkeepers Too by Ralph DiLibero, Editor, COA Report
- News of Interest
- FTC’s “Red Flags” Rule Will Affect Most Health Care Providers
- Health Plan Requirements Cost Practices Billions
- Stimulus Bill Alters HIPPA Rules
- Cigna Offers Cost Estimator Tools
- FTC Consent Order—Alta Bates Medical Group
- Passing the Antitrust Test
Spring 2009 | View/Download PDF
- President’s Column, Change is on the Way – Mark Wellisch, M.D.
- Health Care and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- President Obama Releases 2010 Budget Blueprint
- Overview – COA 2009 Annual Meeting/QME Course
- News of Interest
- Medicare Coding Alert
- Delegation of Services Agreement—Physician Assistants
- People in the News
- Looking Forward in 2010 – Any Hope from the Obama Administration? by Ralph DiLibero, Editor, COA Report
- New COA Program Discounts – Credit Card Processing Fees
- QME Revised Regulations Effective February 17, 2009
- AMA CPT Assistant New Coding Updates
- “Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinics: Life Vest in Shark (Stark) Infested Water?” by Anthony Hunter Schiff, J.D., M.P.H.
- Legislative News of Interest
- AB 356 (Fletcher) – Mini- C-Arm – Physician Assistants
- AB 366 (Ruskin) Medi-Cal – Orthopaedic Implants for Cancer Patients
- AB 445 (Salas) Use of X-ray equipment: prohibition: exemptions.
- AB 542 (Feuer) Adverse medical events.
- AB 718(Emmerson) Prescription drugs: Electronic transmissions.
- AB 721(Nava) Physical therapists: Direct Access
- SB 726(Ashburn) Hospitals: employment of physicians and surgeons.
- AB 832 (Jones) Licensure of Outpatient Surgical Centers
- AB 877(Emmerson) Healing arts.
