Consumer Watchdog alerts the public of new rights that California patients have when their consumer complaint is investigated by the Medical Board of California
Sacramento, CA – The Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) announced at their January Quarterly Board meeting that for the first time they will consider...
Sacramento, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation containing reforms long sought by patient advocates that will increase families’ voice in medical board...
Sacramento, CA – Patients will have a greater voice in investigations into harm caused by a doctor under legislation California lawmakers sent to the governor...
Sacramento, CA – Legislation to improve oversight of dangerous doctors and give consumers rights at the Medical Board of California was approved by the California...
Sacramento, CA – Legislation to improve physician oversight and give consumers rights at the Medical Board of California was approved by the state Senate 32-1...
Public Control, Mandatory Patient Interview, Among Bill’s Consumer Protections
Sacramento, CA – Legislation to strengthen consumer protections and improve physician oversight at the Medical Board...
Sacramento, CA – Proposed legislation would enact important changes to hold dangerous doctors more accountable in California, but excludes crucial reforms that will continue threaten...
San Diego, CA -- Patients in California are exposed to harm by dangerous doctors because California law does not quickly discipline or require them to...
Initial findings of the Medical Board Enforcement Monitor, released this week, confirm that the Medical Board’s investigations of doctors are hamstrung by funding shortfalls and that prosecutions are undermined by a crippling division between investigators and attorneys housed in different agencies.
At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call...
Consumer Watchdog and a volunteer team of advocates attended and participated in last week’s Osteopathic Medical Board Quarterly meeting to testify on issues with...
The Executive Director of the Medical Board of California William Prasifka announced his resignation last week stating that his last day will be December...
The Medical Board of California brought their first in-person Quarterly Board meeting, since the pandemic, to Los Angeles this month. Consumer Watchdog and our...
Los Angeles, CA— Patient advocates today will call on the Medical Board of California to reform a physician oversight process that shuts out patients, prioritizes secrecy and ultimately fails to adequately protect patients from doctors who cause harm.
Analysis shows California will save up to nearly $18 million by reforming the state’s outdated cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. A study by...
