Guarantor/AB1020

UCSF Clinical Practice Group, Business Services/dba SFGH Medical Group

Customer Service

Policies and Procedures

Policy No: 1.21
Approved By: Department Manager
Dated: 6/22/2022

AB1020, as it relates to physician services, states:

(B) The written policy regarding discount payments shall also include a statement that an emergency physician, as defined in Section 127450, who provides emergency medical services in a hospital that provides emergency care is also required by law to provide discounts to uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level. This statement shall not be construed to impose any additional responsibilities upon the hospital.

SFGH Medical Group’s policy was previously amended to align with ZSFG’s Charity Care Discount Payment Program. Our current policy exceeds the requirements of AB1020. Specifically, our policy is based on the FPL% as determined by the Financial Counselors at ZSFG. The clinical practice group shall limit expected payment for services it provides to a patient at or below 400% of the FPL, eligible under its discount payment policy, to the amount of payment the group would expect to receive from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater.