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...
March 08, 2018 The California Department of Public Health Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Initiative is hosting a free, two-part...
March 05, 2018 Assemblymember and emergency physician Joaquin Arambula, M.D. (D-Fresno), has introduced a bill (AB 2384) that would re...
February 07, 2018 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would require Medicare Part D plan...
January 11, 2018 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today that cough and cold medicines containing codeine and hydrocodone...
December 08, 2017The California Medical Association (CMA) has received numerous calls from physicians whose prescriptions are being turne...
November 13, 2017 Five years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a national initiative, the Partnership to...
October 15, 2017 For more than 40 years, the life-saving opioid overdose antidote naloxone has been used to reverse the effects of opioi...
October 15, 2017 Saturday, October 28, 2017, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On this day, hundreds of locations throughout ...
October 02, 2017 Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is an important tool that has the potential to help millions ...
September 08, 2017 On July 1, 2017, two new laws affecting the standardized prescription drug prior authorization form took effect. SB 282...
July 21, 2017 The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report last week, "" Pain Management and ...
June 19, 2017The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering two free training sessions on the use of medic...
June 16, 2017 The California State Board of Pharmacy has finalized rules for pharmacy prescription drug take-back programs. The pro...
May 24, 2017 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has developed an opioid prescriber resource guide to help improve p...
May 12, 2017 The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has received a $90 million grant from the federal government t...
April 24, 2017 The number of opioid prescriptions written by California physicians dropped 17 percent over the past three years (2013-...