Historic Agreement to Modernize MICRA
For the first time in a generation, stakeholders recently came together to modernize MICRA in a way that balances appropriate compensation with preserving the core protections that allow providers to continue practicing in California. Learn more by watching the video.
WHO WE ARE
Our mission is to protect access to health care through California’s landmark Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA).
Our supporters include health care professionals and organizations representing community clinics, public safety organizations, physicians, nurses, dentists, hospitals, health facilities, women’s health advocates, emergency providers, local governments and labor unions, and other health care professionals. We encourage you to learn more about MICRA and how it protects access to health care in California. MICRA has long served as the national model for state and federal liability reform efforts.
For decades MICRA has ensured that Californians, especially those who are low income and people of color, continue to have access to the care they need. This modernized law continues to protect patients, and allows providers to focus on caring for patients.
MICRA is a crucial factor in keeping community health center administrative costs down, and as modernized, MICRA will continue to allow health centers to focus their limited resources on providing access to patient care in underserved areas.
California’s nonprofit community clinics and health centers face enormous challenges in providing high quality, comprehensive, and affordable health care to millions of under resourced Californians. MICRA as modernized ensures stability for community clinics to allow us to continue to meet our mission.
