
Case Study: AB 72 Threatens Private Practice Contract
Editor’s Note: The following case study comes from the head of a large (greater than 60), physician-only anesthesia group that has been contracted with a certain Risk Bearing Organization (RBO) for more than 20 years. It stands as a prime example of how Assembly Bill 72 can be misused by payors to renegotiate contracts, to [...]Impacts From Recent Legislation and Supreme Court Decision on Malpractice Claims and Insurance for Anesthesiologists
Two events occurred recently that relate to medical malpractice insurance premiums paid by physicians and their practice groups – a recent US Supreme Court decision concerning injury claims and Medicare/MediCal and the recent enactment of state legislation, AB 35, also known as the MICRA Modernization Act. CSA leadership asked our legal counsel, Phillip Goldberg, Esq. of […]