Presented by the Independent Emergency Physicians ConsortiumTime & Date: 9:00AM – 9:30AM PT on the fourth Monday each month. Membership in IEPC is not required to attend. Advance registration for the meeting is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the call. This free speaker series welcomes leaders in the field to cover … Read More
Surprise Lawsuits on No Surprises Act
By John Wallace, MDPresident of IEPC The No Surprises Act (NSA) was signed into law Dec. 27, 2020, by the President, as part of the $1.4 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act, after years of negotiations. The surprise after NSA was passed was legal action against NSA as well as a surprise attack in cutting physician reimbursement. When the NSA was passed, … Read More
Health Plan’s New Dirty Trick
By John Wallace, MDPresident of IEPC Anthem Health plan initiated a practice of “no pay” for ER diagnostic E and M code 99285 for discharged ER patients sometime in 2020. That the Health Plan’s new Dirty Trick, simply not pay anything. Ironically, while the health plans are committing fraud, they are accusing the doctors of fraud. Anthem has referred Emergency … Read More
Lessons Learned From the Pandemic for Emergency Medicine
By John G. Holstein, Director of Business Development, Zotec Partners As emergency medicine recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the specialty cannot overlook all the changes that occurred over the last two and a half years. What emergency medicine practices can do is move forward with a greater sense of stability about their futures and financial standing with the right processes, … Read More
California ACEP 2021 Legislative Review
Written by Valerie Norton, IEPC Member and President-Elect, California ACEPand Elena Lopez-Gusman, Executive Director – California ACEP California ACEP had a busy year with critical issues of pandemic, workforce, payment threats, and mental health boarding. Here is a summary of some of the legislative activity that was Valerie Norton IEPC Member and President-Elect, California ACEP Elena Lopez-Gusman Executive Director – … Read More
IEPC Newsletter – February 2022
IEPC February 2022 Newsletter
AAEMPG vs ENVISION
Written byRobert McNamara, MD The AAEM Physician Group suit against Envision (EmCare) is a momentous event for our specialty and our patients. (1) Every EM physician needs to understand this filing and to encourage their colleagues to join in the fight against corporate control. The future of EM is at stake. AAEM is our best hope as no one else … Read More
Watch Out for Anthem’s Latest Ploy
Written by Andy SelesnickChair of Health Care Litigation at Buchalter Health insurance companies spend tremendous amounts of time, energy, and money to create policies that result in them not paying providers. For both in and out-of-network emergency physicians, Anthem’s latest is something else. Over a year ago, Anthem’s Special Investigative Unit (SIU) began looking at emergency physician E&M codes and … Read More
SB-864 Tyler’s Law
Written by Roneet Lev, MDExecutive Director, IEPC SB-864 was introduced by Senator Melissa Melendez on January 20, 2022. It is named after Tyler, a boy who went to a California emergency department with his mother after an overdose and was reported to have no opioids in his system. Tyler’s mom Juli was assured that he had no fentanyl in his … Read More
Front Line Heroes
Originally published by the San Diego Union Tribune on January 23, 2022 By Paul SissonVideography By Nelvin C. Cepeda, John Kelley, Sam Hodgson Dr. Clay Whiting, IEPC member, was featured in Front-Line Voices with the San Diego Union Tribune. Here is an excerpt of the article in the San Diego Union Tribune. On Dec. 31, Dr, Clayton Whiting was feeling … Read More