June 02, 2021
CMA has compiled an FAQ to help physicians understand their requirements under the new law.
May 24, 2019
California law allows physicians to charge patients 25 cents per page for copying their medical records or 50 cents per...
February 04, 2019
Physicians are overwhelmed with unnecessary, burdensome regulations that take time and resources away from providing qua...
September 10, 2018
This spring, a coalition led by CM) and CalHIPSO secured a $5 million expenditure for health information exchange (HIE)...
May 07, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is renaming both the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Progra...
March 02, 2018
Over the past few months, the California Medical Association (CMA) has received several calls from practices who had re...
February 05, 2018
California physicians are overwhelmed with unnecessary, burdensome regulations that take time and resources away from p...
October 01, 2017
CPR’s “Coding Corner” focuses on coding, compliance and documentation issues relating specifically to physician billin...
July 02, 2017
Consumers are increasingly able to monitor their health using a vast array of wearable devices and digital technologies,...
May 11, 2017
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has extended the attestation deadline for the Medi-Cal electro...
May 09, 2017
My office is receiving an increased number of medical record requests from various payors. Can I bill the payor for cop...
March 16, 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is now accepting hardship exceptions from the m...
March 02, 2017
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has announced that it will extend the deadline for Medi-Cal me...
February 21, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday announced that physicians would have two additional weeks ...
February 17, 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline to submit 2016 Physician Quality Reporti...
February 16, 2017
Eligible physicians who have been identified as being subject to Medicare electronic health record (EHR) payment penalt...
January 14, 2017
Providers who attested to meaningful use with the Medi-Cal Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for program ...
December 14, 2016
In the Anthem Blue Cross December Professional Network Update , the insurer published a reminder about how it is worki...
September 01, 2016
The Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program provides funding to Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) pro...
June 10, 2016
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 36 specialty medical associations urged the Obama Administration to rethink ...
March 07, 2016
The nation's top health care information technology (IT) companies, the top five largest private health systems and mor...
March 02, 2016
Effective January 1, 2016, Anthem Blue Cross is requiring that all submission of patient medical records indicate the c...
February 19, 2016
For physicians who have determined that they can attest to meaningful use for a 90-day reporting period in 2015, despite...
January 29, 2016
In mid-December, Congress adopted a last-minute bill that gives CMS the authority to grant a blanket exemption for all ...
December 22, 2015
Last week, Congress adopted a last-minute bill that allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the aut...
December 08, 2015
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced yesterday that after December 14, 2015, it may be re...
October 05, 2015
The California Medical Association (CMA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) are urging the U.S. Department of H...
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