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...
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...
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