by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 5, 2013 | California State of California Doctors, Department of State Hospitals (DSH), Featured
Doctors at a second state psychiatric hospital have complained that staffing shortages are so severe that the care of patients and safety of workers are at risk. In an April 19 letter to state hospital officials, psychiatric staffers at Atascadero...
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 5, 2013 | Featured, Legislative Advocacy, News
Consumer Attorneys of California, representing trial lawyers, paid $6,635 to install the billboard. It is part of a coalition committed to spending $1 million in pushing to eliminate the $250,000 cap, said Eric Bailey, spokesman for trial lawyers… Lisa Maas,...
by Suzanne Wilson | Jun 1, 2013 | Featured, Private Practice Doctors
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President With summer on the horizon the heat will be increasing on medical providers. Last week Peter Lee, director of the new Covered California health insurance exchange, announced that 13 health plans have...
by Suzanne Wilson | May 29, 2013 | California Counties, Featured, San Francisco (City and County)
While City and County of San Francisco employees have made many sacrifices to get through the recession, Kaiser has banked over $2 billion in profits every year since 2009. And they still want more from San Francisco workers. UAPD and …
by Suzanne Wilson | May 28, 2013 | California Counties, California State of California Doctors, Featured
UAPD will hold its next round of membership events on Saturday, October 26th in San Francisco. In the morning UAPD members can attend a no-cost CME covering the aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that affect doctors most. After …