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UAPD Updates
Santa Cruz Doctors Ratify New Contract
The tentative agreement reached by the UAPD Bargaining Team and Santa Cruz County on October 10, 2013 has been overwhelmingly approved by members. The contract will go into effect as soon as it is approved by the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors, who will consider it...
Media Coverage of Psychiatrist Shortage at ASH
“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...
Private Practice Insights: Rate Increase for Primary Care Services
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...
UC Unit Membership Clarified
An agreement regarding which student health center physicians and dentists will be represented by UAPD was finally signed on Friday, October 25. After months of stalling, and with a Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) hearing set to begin in less than a week, UC...
Solano County Ratifies New Contract
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. ...