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, will require e-prescriptions for opioids and all other con...
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...
September 17, 2018 The U.S. Senate is expected to vote this week a bipartisan package of over 70 proposals intended to help combat the n...
September 10, 2018 This spring, a coalition led by CM) and CalHIPSO secured a $5 million expenditure for health information exchange (HIE)...
September 04, 2018 The California Board of Pharmacy has launched an online drug take-back tool to help consumers looking for a place to sa...
August 22, 2018 Effective October 2, 2018, physicians must consult California’s prescription drug monitoring database (the Controll...
July 23, 2018 Effective October 2, 2018, physicians must consult California’s prescription drug monitoring database (the Controll...
July 09, 2018 On June 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid R...
June 22, 2018 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a statewide standing order for naloxone, an antidote medic...
June 05, 2018 The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a new report on Thursday documenting how California’s physician leaders...
May 14, 2018 The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has certified that as of April 2, 2018, the Controlled Substance Utilizati...
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