Lana Gafter – Summit Nephrology

Lana Gafter, MD

Lana Gafter is currently the Secretary of Summit Nephrology. She joined Summit in 2009 after completing her Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at UC Davis Medical Center.

She sees patients in the Summit Roseville office, Fresenius dialysis units in Roseville, and DaVita Antelope dialysis unit and cares for patients from the surrounding geographic areas. She remains active in the local medical community, participating on several committees at Sutter Roseville Medical Center and is the medical director of Fresenius Harding dialysis unit. Her clinical interests have included delivery of high quality, compassionate care to patients with chronic kidney diseases, placing high value on maintaining their quality of life. Dr. Gafter was awarded the Sutter Valley Area Specialty Care Patients’ Choice Award (as the top 3 specialty care physicians with the highest overall patient care score in the entire Sutter Valley Area) in 2015. Dr. Gafter currently lives in Rocklin with her husband and 2 children. Her hobbies include traveling, reading, watching mystery shows and spending time with her family. Dr. Gafter is fluent in English and Russian.

Degrees and Certifications:

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory University 2000
Medical Doctorate, University of California Davis Medical Center 2004
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center 2007
Fellowship in Nephrology, University of California Davis Medical Center 2009
Board Certified, Internal Medicine 2007 and 2016
Board Certified, Nephrology 2009

Clinical/Administrative Activities:

Sutter Valley Area Specialty Care Patients’ Choice Award Winner 2015
Secretary, Summit Nephrology Medical Group
Medical Director, Fresenius Harding Dialysis Unit
Member, Critical Care Committee, Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Member, Regional EPIC Electronic Health Record Order Set Validation Committee

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The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

New Law Requires Notice to Patients About Open Payments Database
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1278, physicians will soon be required to provide a notice to their patients regarding the Open Payments database (used to search payments made by drug and medical device companies to clinicians), which is managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. Specifically, this new law requires physicians to do the following beginning January 1, 2023:

At the initial office visit with their patient, a physician must provide either a written or electronic notice of the Database that includes the following text: “The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.” If the physician uses an electronic records system, they must include a record of this notice in the patient’s records. If the physician uses a paper-based records system, then the written notice to the patient must include a signature from the patient (or their representative) and a date of signature. Further, a copy of the written notice must be provided to the patient (or their representative) and included in the patient’s records.
Post a notice regarding the Database at each location where the physician practices, in an area likely to be seen by all persons. That notice must include an internet website link to the Database and the following text: “For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.” If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

Beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described above in 2) on their website. If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

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