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Healthcare

Doctor Surrenders Medical License Following Accusations Of Neglect In The Death Of Demi Dominguez

By Anthony Wright, ABC TV-23 Bakersfield, CA December 16, 2021 https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/doctor-surrenders-medical-license-following-accusations-of-neglect-in-the-death-of-demi-dominguez BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Bakersfield OB-GYN Dr. Arthur Park has agreed to surrender his medical license in an agreement with the...

Consumer Watchdog - December 16, 2021

Healthcare

Whistleblower Or Flamethrower? California Medical Board Member Calls Out His Colleagues

By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES November 17, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-17/california-medical-board-member-calls-out-his-colleagues SACRAMENTO — The pleas for help find him. They arrive by email or seep into his social media account. One showed up in a tightly...

Consumer Watchdog - November 17, 2021

Healthcare

Families Fighting For Fairness Act Say Medical Board Failure As Outlined by Whistleblower Makes Case For Ballot Measure To Change 1975 Medical Negligence Law

Los Angeles, CA -- Families of injured patients whose medical negligence cases have been disregarded by the California medical board today voiced their support for the public member of...

Jamie Court - November 17, 2021

Accountability

Critics Say Physicians ‘Cartel’ Obstructing Efforts To Punish Bad Doctors

By Melody Gutierrez, Jack Dolan and Kim Christensen, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 16, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-16/who-will-police-californias-doctors-oversight-medical-board SACRAMENTO — As injured patients and consumer rights groups fight for tougher penalties on grossly negligent doctors, California’s...

Consumer Watchdog - July 16, 2021

Healthcare

Lawmakers Preserve Status Quo, Add Secrecy, to Medical Board That, According to Los Angeles Times, “Keeps Negligent Doctors In Business”

Fairness Act on November 2022 Ballot Will Restore Accountability That Medical Board Does Not Provide Injured Patients Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers threw away another opportunity to protect patients from...

Carmen Balber - July 14, 2021

Healthcare

Editorial: Put Non-Physicians In Charge Of The State Medical Board

Editorial by LOS ANGELES TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD July 6, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-07-06/california-medical-board-reform It’s become a common scene at the quarterly meetings of the California Medical Board, the 15-member state panel that oversees physicians and other...

Consumer Watchdog - July 6, 2021

Accountability

Doctors’ Lobby Scores ‘Major Victory’ on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable

By Samantha Young, CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE June 25, 2021 https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/doctors-lobby-scores-major-victory-on-bill-to-hold-physicians-accountable/ SACRAMENTO — The board that licenses and disciplines doctors in California is failing to hold bad actors accountable, endangering patients in the process. That’s...

Consumer Watchdog - June 25, 2021

Healthcare

Doctor Lobby Guts Bill to Make Medical Board More Accountable to Public, Showing Need for Fairness Act On November 2022 Ballot

NEWS UPDATE: June 3, 2021 At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Medical Board of California voted to only support SB 806 if it is amended to restore provisions to give...

Carmen Balber - June 1, 2021

Healthcare

KGET NBC TV-17 Bakersfield, CA: Push To Reform State Medical Board Advances

Mark Reback - May 26, 2021

Healthcare

California Lawmakers Answer Injured Patients’ Call for Reform, Propose Nation’s First Public Member Majority Medical Board

Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers have moved legislation to the Senate Floor to make California the first state in the nation whose Medical Board has a majority of public,...

Carmen Balber - May 26, 2021