California ACEP:Proposition 35 –Good for Patients,Good for You The following is obtained for the California ACEP website. Over the past several years, there have been massive expansions in eligibility and benefits for Medi-Cal, but actual access to care for these patients has remained abysmal. The California Health Care Foundation reports that adults enrolled in Medi-Cal were more than twice as … Read More

Leon Adelman, MD, MBA, FACEPCo-Founder & CEP Ivy CliniciansAuthor, Emergency MedicineWorkforce NewsletterClinical Emergency Physician, Wyoming Only about one-quarter of attending emergency physicians are practice-owners. For many employed emergency physicians, working condition improvement is desperately needed. Emergency medicine has become the specialty with the highest burnout rate and lowest levels of job satisfaction. Improving working conditions is generally more difficult for … Read More

NSA and Payment Leaks Robert Chavez, MD, President, IEPCProvidence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Here are my pearls for this month: NSA – No Surprise ActNSA IDR Criteria to be disseminated to your RCM company or the CFO of your group. When submitting IDR claims, always keep in mind the 6 criteria being considered by the IDRE. These … Read More