Healthcare

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Medical Board to Comply with Consumer Protection Law Ahead of Resurrection of Substance Abusing Physicians Program

November 14, 2023  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Sacramento, CA – Consumer advocates will address the Medical Board of California at a public hearing today to persuade the Board to follow the law and...

Patients Win Voice In Medical Board Doctor Discipline

October 3, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation containing reforms long sought by patient advocates that will increase families’ voice in medical board investigations...

Medical Board Reform Bill That Will Expand Patients’ Voice in Doctor Disciplinary Process Heads to Governor Newsom

September 15, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Patients will have a greater voice in investigations into harm caused by a doctor under legislation California lawmakers sent to the governor Thursday...

Bill To Strengthen Medical Board Oversight of Doctors Passes Final Assembly Policy Committee

July 11, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Legislation to improve oversight of dangerous doctors and give consumers rights at the Medical Board of California was approved by the California Assembly...

California Senate Passes Bill To Strengthen Medical Board Oversight of Doctors 

June 2, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

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 this...

Medical Board Reform Bill Moves Ahead to Full Senate 

May 18, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

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...

Kern County Proclaims May 2023 as Latina Maternal Health Awareness Month

May 8, 2023  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

Kern County, CA – Supervisor Leticia Perez and the Kern County Board of Supervisors will proclaim May 2023 to be Latina Maternal Health Awareness Month...

Medical Board Bill Needs Additional Patient Rights to Mandate Disclosure and Participation, Yet Includes Provisions That Will Strengthen Doctor Accountability

April 24, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA – Proposed legislation would enact important changes to hold dangerous doctors more accountable in California, but excludes crucial reforms that will continue threaten patient...

San Diego Doctor Charged with Murder In Patient’s Death Shows Failure Of California’s Doctor Discipline, Patient Disclosure Laws

April 11, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

San Diego, CA — Patients in California are exposed to harm by dangerous doctors because California law does not quickly discipline or require them to disclose...

Patients’ call for Medical Board reform is front-and-center in Sacramento

March 29, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

Two years ago, and four years before that, and at every legislative review of the Medical Board of California in recent memory, Californians have turned...

Initial Report of Medical Board Enforcement Monitor Confirms Investigation Delays and Failure to Discipline Doctors 

March 16, 2023  ·  Carmen Balber

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.

Advocates from Across the State Testify in Pursuit of Medical Board Reform

February 21, 2023  ·  Michele Monserratt-Ramos

At its Quarterly Board meeting last week, multiple members of the state board that regulates doctors for the first time seriously acknowledged activists’ call for...