California Association of Physician Organizations Retains ShawPittman for Federal Policy Representation.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--March 14, 2002 The California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Association of Physician Organizations (CAPO), the leading membership organization for California's organized medical groups and independent practice associations, today announced that it has retained the Washington, D.C. offices of ShawPittman LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , as its government relations lobbyist for Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Plus Choice and other federal health care policies and programs. Bruce Merlin Merlin, in Arthurian legend, magician, seer, and teacher at the court of King Vortigern and later at the court of King Arthur. He was a bard and culture hero in early Celtic folklore. In Arthurian legend he is famous as a magician and as the counselor of King Arthur. Fried, Esq., of ShawPittman will serve as the key contact in the capital for CAPO. ShawPittman is expected to monitor congressional activities and public policy issues related to health care, including Medicare Choice Plus. The firm will also work to advance the views and interests of California's prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. physician organizations and CAPO members.
"California's physician organizations, especially those providing prepaid, organized health care, have been too far removed from federal policy making," said Don Crane, president of CAPO. "It is time to see that members of Congress fully understand that California's physician organizations believe that appropriate funding for the federal Medicare Plus Choice program is desperately needed for their senior patients. We think ShawPittman, and especially Bruce Fried, have the expertise to deliver that message." The California Association of Physician Organizations is a statewide association dedicated to meeting the unique professional, service, advocacy and educational needs of physician organizations engaged in managing risk-bearing health care contracts. It is committed to helping its members successfully manage the delegated health care model while ensuring that high-quality health care is delivered to their communities. |
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