“It’s spreading them thin. It’s not good for the treatment of the patients or the safety of the doctors,” said Dr. Stuart Bussey, president of the American Physicians and Dentists employee union that represents the facility’s doctors. via Atascadero State Hospital...
The Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires Medi-Cal to reimburse certain primary care services for eligible physicians at parity with Medicare rates for dates of service in 2013 and 2014. The purpose of this reimbursement rate increase is to acknowledge the...
UAPD members from Solano County have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new two year contract. The agreement will go into effect pending Board of Supervisor approval. The agreement includes an immediate 2% pay increase and a second 2% increase on October 1, 2014. ...
UAPD has received a number of calls from doctors indicating that there is some confusion about a new paycheck deduction for State Bargaining Unit 16 doctors, which is labeled as BU16 CERBT on the paystub. BU16 CERBT is the "Prefunding of Post-Retirement Health...
UAPD members in State Bargaining Unit 16 voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the Tentative Agreement reached with the State on August 9, 2013. 95% of the votes were in favor of ratification. Having been ratified by members, the new Memorandum of Understanding...
After the close of 2012 bargaining, it was discovered that the healthcare premium structure which nearly all City unions and the City agreed to would actually drive up the costs of healthcare because it failed to maintain competition between Kaiser and Blue Shield. ...