October 19, 2021 CMA recently joined AMA and 28 other medical and specialty societies to express strong concerns over unfair business pr...
October 12, 2021 The 2021 legislative bill signings concluded last week with all seven California Medical Association (CMA)-sponsored bi...
October 04, 2021 CMA is urging physicians to reach out to their Members of Congress and ask that they cosign a high-priority, bipartis...
September 14, 2021 The legislation bans balance billing for out-of-network services starting in 2022 to protect patients and establishes a...
August 16, 2021 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to rogue physicians selling bogus...
July 30, 2021 The California Supreme Court has granted CMA's petition for review in a lawsuit against Aetna
July 13, 2021 The U.S. Department of Education has reopened its “negotiated rule-making process” to make changes to the Higher Educat...
June 15, 2021 As currently drafted, the proposal will create enormous bureaucratic complexities within the health care delivery syste...
June 02, 2021 SB 806 was amended suddenly to add reforms related to the Medical Board of California’s sunset review.
May 26, 2021 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, MD, released the following statement in response to the Public Option announcement.
May 24, 2021 To further support its CME providers, CMA is sponsoring Assembly Bill (AB) 359 (Cooper), which expands the definition o...
May 19, 2021 Governor Newsom released his revised state budget proposal. The $267.8 billion budget, includes $75.7 billion in surplu...
May 05, 2021 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to continued attacks on public hea...
May 03, 2021 CMA is sponsoring bipartisan federal legislation to allow California and Texas physicians to participate in the federal...
April 26, 2021 A bill making forgiven PPP loans tax deductible and delivering tax relief to businesses hit hardest by the pandemic pas...
April 19, 2021 San Diego physician Akilah Weber, M.D., was sworn into office on April 19, 2021, as California’s newest Assemblymember....
April 16, 2021 CALPAC concluded its two-week-long Golden Gavel contest in conjunction with CMA’s Legislative Advocacy Conference, decl...
April 05, 2021 Today marks the beginning of CMA’s 47th Annual Legislative Advocacy Conference!
March 30, 2021 The conference’s program is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m. and features keynote speakers Gavin Newsom, Go...
March 24, 2021 Don’t miss keynote speakers Gavin Newsom, Governor of California and Yolanda Richardson, California Secretary of Govern...
March 24, 2021 Last week, the U.S. House voted 246-175 to stop the 2% Medicare sequestration payment cuts and to extend the moratorium...
March 18, 2021 CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to the confirmation of Xavier Bece...
March 10, 2021 On March 2, 2021, Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager became Senator-elect Kamlager, winning a special election in Los Angel...
March 09, 2021 This Thursday, March 11, 2021, the 50 physician members of CMA;s Council on Legislation, will meet to discuss and recom...
March 02, 2021 CMA is sponsoring a legislative effort to reduce administrative burdens in physician practices, so physicians can spend...
March 02, 2021 Registration is now open for CMA;s 47th Annual Legislative Advocacy Conference the week of April 5-9, 2021. Attendees w...
February 16, 2021 CMA is urging physicians to contact the governor and their legislators to urge immediate action to bring California’s t...
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