By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President Fraud costs the US healthcare system about $65 billion last year from Medicare alone. The ACA provides the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) with funding to adopt new tools to identify fraud and abuse. Last year the...
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President Whether you are a UAPD member in county employment or private practice you are affected by Pay for Performance. The Hay Group recently calculated that roughly two thirds of health care organizations incorporated...
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President Here are some statistics from Medical Economics that confirm what we already know—doctors are working long hours to see more patients and taking home less money. For instance, in the 2012 Medical Economics survey,...
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President My old UCI family practice attending doc recently spoke at our Departmental meeting. He set out six standards for the new patient centered medical homes—enhanced access, management of patient population rather than...
By Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., J.D., UAPD President With the majority of the Affordable Care Act blessed by the US Supreme Court, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are now rolling down the runway. Some have already launched. Thus far 150 ACO contracts have been...
All union members are invited to the UAPD Triennial Convention and 40th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco on November 2-3, 2012. To attend, send back the registration form that has been mailed to your home or REGISTER ONLINE HERE. Exact event times are listed...