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SDCMS Foundation Project Access: Volunteer specialty physicians are needed for the following specialties: pulmonology, urology, general surgery, ENT or head and neck, ophthalmology, GI, rheumatology, and endocrinology. We are seeking these specialists throughout all regions of San Diego. Commitment can vary by practice. The mission of the SDCMS Foundation’s Project Access is to improve community health, access to care for all, and wellness for patients and physicians through engaged volunteerism. Help us help the most vulnerable population seek care. For more information, please call Barbara Mandel at (858) 300-2780 or email Barbara.Mandel@SDCMS.org, or visit our website at www.SDCMSF.org.
Billing Service Includes: Billing, Auditing, Financial Review & Reporting, and Technological Advances Consulting Includes: Contracting, Credentialing, Business Growth, Practice Management, Relocation Management
Flying Samaritans of SDSU: Established in 2011, Flying Samaritans of SDSU provides free healthcare to the underserved community of Ejido Matamoros, Mexico (15 minutes from the border) through monthly medical and dental clinics (every second Saturday of the month), seeing 60–80 patients per medical clinic and 10 per dental clinic. Visit www.sdsuflyingsamaritans.org for details or email FlyingSamaritansSDSU@ gmail.com.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
10 years
Dear Editor: Kudos to Dr. Sherry Franklin [see June 2015 San Diego Physician: “Doing the Medi-Cal Math”]. One could not, in a brief essay, more clearly show the barriers to medical care with Medi-Cal coverage. Everyone, especially those in leadership positions in California, who reads this must recognize this insurance is as close to useless as you can get. Would physicians be further ahead financially to give such patients free care and claim it as a charitable contribution at tax time? With the facts portrayed in this fine piece, is it more a sham than a shame? Thanks, Larry Schmitt, MD
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