October 09, 2023
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a new temporary rule that will extend the ability to prescr...
February 02, 2021
As of January 1, 2021, all security prescription forms are required to have a uniquely serialized number, a correspondi...
December 15, 2020
In 2018, Congress passed the SUPPORT Act— the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treat...
October 20, 2020
On January 1, 2021, all security prescription forms will be required to have a uniquely serialized number, a correspond...
June 30, 2020
CMA and a number of specialty medical associations have asked Anthem Blue Cross to delay implementation of a new policy...
June 23, 2020
Anthem notified physicians that it will soon require that specialty pharmacy medications administered in the office or ...
April 02, 2020
According to the Medical Board of California, there have been reports of a few prescribers wrongfully hoarding and pres...
April 01, 2020
Physicians managing patients with opioid use disorder can now prescribe buprenorphine to new or existing patients based...
March 23, 2020
For as long as the public health emergency remains in effect, DEA-registered practitioners may issue prescriptions for ...
January 06, 2020
Effective January 1, 2020, Anthem Blue Cross has imposed a new billing requirement on providers for all drug related cl...
December 11, 2019
OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit provider for UnitedHealthcare,
December 06, 2019
This webinar presents an introduction to starting a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic in a rural area and incl...
June 10, 2019
Under the new law, physicians must offer a prescription fornaloxone or another drug approved by the FDA.
April 19, 2019
The surveys should take 10-15 minutes to complete, and will close on Wednesday, May 8.
April 12, 2019
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...
March 12, 2019
After intense lobbying from CMA, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that will end the confusion caused by flawed...
March 04, 2019
Implementation of the new state law that requires security prescription forms to have a uniquely serialized number law ...
February 04, 2019
CMA is working on a legislative fix to ensure no patient goes without the essential medicine and care they need.
January 28, 2019
Contact your legislators today and urge them to take swift action so patients can once again receive the medical treatm...
January 25, 2019
Flawed implementation of a new state law that requires all security prescription forms to have a uniquely serialized ...
January 18, 2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new opioid policies for Medicare drug plans effectiv...
January 02, 2019
On January 1, 2019, a new California law took effect that requires all security prescription forms to have a uniquely s...
December 21, 2018
On January 1, 2019, a new California law takes effect that requires all security prescription forms to have a uniquely ...
October 25, 2018
Saturday, October 27, 2018, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On this day, hundreds of locations throughout ...
October 24, 2018
The California Medical Association (CMA) applauded the enactment of H.R. 6 – a sweeping bipartisan bill that addresses ...
October 02, 2018
To help physicians understand this new mandate, CMA has prepared a document that answers the most commonly asked questi...
September 27, 2018
On August 28, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an update to the Initial Preventive Physic...
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