Lawmakers review the Medical Board of California at least every four years as part of a sunset review process that allows it to continue to exist. “We have our victories and losses like other folks.” “Like other groups at the Capitol, we weigh in on legislation,” he said.
The political ties of the medical association have been well documented, particularly since Newsom’s well-publicized blunder sitting next to the CMA’s chief executive and top lobbyist at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant last year, seemingly flouting flout COVID-19 safety guidelines the governor had set.Īnthony York, spokesman for the California Medical Assn., did not seem fazed by the criticism. “It’s very frustrating and they get away with it year after year after year,” Fellmeth said. a “pernicious cartel” that consistently fights to starve the state medical board of the funds needed to investigate doctors. Robert Fellmeth, executive director of the Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego, called the California Medical Assn.
Roth adamantly refuted that claim, saying, “I’m concerned when people misrepresent the process.”
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Gavin Newsom, whose office is responsible for appointing most of the board members, refused to be interviewed about The Times’ findings or to offer comment.ĭespite the issues highlighted in The Times’ investigation, patient advocates say they are hamstrung in their effort to push legislators to make meaningful changes in the name of public safety by the deep-pocketed California Medical Assn.įor years, reformers have been demanding significant medical license fee increases to beef up enforcement and alter the balance of the oversight board - from a physician majority to a public member majority - in the hope of getting more patient-friendly decisions in disciplinary cases.īut in a message to members last month, the doctors’ lobbyists claimed they got the ear of the senator sponsoring those reforms - Richard Roth (D-Riverside) - and persuaded him to kill “problematic proposals.” They also bragged of their “major victory” in reducing the proposed 50% license fee increase to just 8%.
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