August 04, 2020 Masks help stop the spread of COVID 19, period. This is the central message of a new video released today by #WearAMask...
July 07, 2020 On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, HHS opened a new “Medicaid Targeted Distribution” portal through which Medicaid-dependen...
July 01, 2020 CMA is sponsoring a bill authored by state Senator Richard Pan, M.D., that will protect California’s public health offi...
June 23, 2020 The California Senate is currently considering a bill that would grant full practice authority to nurse practitioners (...
June 23, 2020 The California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom have reached an agreement on a balanced budget for fiscal year 202...
June 16, 2020 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to the California Legislature's pa...
June 16, 2020 On Monday, the California Legislature passed a balanced budget for fiscal year 2020-2021, rejecting many of the health ...
June 08, 2020 Today, the California Medical Association (CMA) stood in support of AB 1196, authored by Assemblymember Mike Gipson, th...
June 03, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on society. As of late May, there have been over 100,000 cases in California an...
June 01, 2020 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., released the following statement in response to the death of George Floyd and...
May 28, 2020 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., released the following statement in response to Thursday's Senate budget hear...
May 26, 2020 California medical students! Are you disappointed that the annual California Medical Association (CMA) Legislative Advo...
May 19, 2020 CALPAC is now accepting nominations for its Board of Directors. Operated by physicians for physicians, CALPAC supports ...
May 14, 2020 California will not be able to truly reopen until we can stabilize our health care system. That means ensuring we have ...
May 06, 2020 AMA is urging the Trump Administration to exempt J-1, H-1B and O-1 international medical graduates (IMGs) from any futu...
April 16, 2020 CMA estimates that, statewide, more than 13 million people could lose access to their physician absent financial assist...
April 14, 2020 DWC on Monday announced that it would be covering telehealth services for injured workers. According to the order, DWC ...
April 10, 2020 This morning, HHS announced that Medicare-enrolled providers would receive a direct deposit disbursements today totalin...
April 09, 2020 The federal government announced new measures on Thursday aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses – includin...
April 07, 2020 CMA knows that physician practices across California are hurting. Many physicians are experiencing high levels of finan...
April 07, 2020 Since the COVID-19 crisis began, CMA has been aggressively lobbying federal and state leaders to ensure physician pract...
April 07, 2020 Today the AMA Federation sent a letter to HHS asking for immediate action to provide financial relief to physician prac...
March 27, 2020 CMA is urging Congress to take additional steps to sustain physician practices during this trying time so they are able...
March 16, 2020 Out of an abundance of caution, CMA is canceling its in-person Legislative Advocacy Day, which was scheduled for April ...
March 14, 2020 CMA has been working closely with Governor Gavin Newswom and public health officials as they respond to the COVID-19 ou...
March 02, 2020 DMHC is investigating Anthem's failure to comply with state law requiring health plans to maintain accurate directories...
February 21, 2020 The March Primary Election is just around the corner. We hope that you will show up to the polls (or mail in your vote-...
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