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ADVOCACY

On Your Behalf
By Antonio Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA, | Chair, Legislative and Practice Affairs Division

C

SA leadership, in
partnership with
our advocacy team at
KP Public Affairs in
Sacramento, have been
very busy representing
your interests at the State
Capitol as well as the
regulatory agencies.

adequacy requirements for anesthesia services by
requiring state regulators to intervene when contract
terminations are issued. This bill stalled in the Assembly
Appropriations Committee, but CSA is working with
Assemblymember Wood to reintroduce new legislation
in 2020.

This past year's focus has been on multiple legislative
and practice affairs issues that are significantly affecting
anesthesiologists in California.

Legislative Affairs Committee:
AB 72 - "Out-of-Network Billing"
Sunny Jha, MD, Committee Chair

AB 72 has continued to disproportionately impact
California anesthesiologists in a detrimental manner.
CSA has been working diligently to document the impact
to our members and to develop solutions in the coming
year to address the adverse impacts of the legislation.
An "AB 72 fix" was a top legislative priority for CSA
this past year. To that end, CSA-sponsored AB 1174,
authored by Assembly Health Committee Chair Jim
Wood, DDS (D-Santa Rosa) to try to level the playing
field for anesthesiologists against the coercive negotiating
tactics being deployed by various health plans and
insurers. This solution focused on strengthening network

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CSA residents and members with Assemblymember Jim Wood
(D-Santa Rosa)

The AB 72 Independent Dispute Resolution Process
(IDRP) has been extremely difficult for our members to
successfully navigate. To that end, we have developed a
legal "primer" on how to strategically submit a proposal
that will fulfill the stringent requirements mandated
by the process. Additionally, we have captured data
that conveys the inequitable position experienced by
anesthesiologists when attempting to appeal decisions.
CSA has also met with the California Department of
Managed Health Care (DMHC) and provided them
written comments and suggestions on how to improve
upon the IDRP guidance they give the arbiter in these
IDRP decisions.



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