March 24, 2021 Medi-Cal has raised its payment rate for COVID-19 vaccine administration fee to $40 per dose, regardless of vaccine man...
March 10, 2021 CMA has joined #ThisIsOurShot, a national grassroots coalition to build vaccine-trust for a COVID-free world by elevati...
March 09, 2021 California’s public schools have largely been shuttered for the past year, and pediatricians and others are reporting s...
March 02, 2021 Last week the FDA approved Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use – an important new weapon in the fi...
March 02, 2021 CMA is extending its distribution of free personal protective equipment with direct shipment of supplies to California ...
February 25, 2021 The California Black Health Network , which advocates for health equity for African Americans and Black immigrants, is...
February 16, 2021 A new, free statewide training series on “Advancing Trauma-Informed Communities” is now available for primary care, acu...
February 16, 2021 CMA has asked DMHC and CDI to investigate concerns that some payors are shifting the financial risk of critical COVID-...
February 05, 2021 Join us to hear from Bechara Choucair, M.D., White House Vaccinations Coordinator, with national updates for vaccine ro...
January 25, 2021 The state is failing to support the mental health of more than 5 million of the state’s most vulnerable children,
January 22, 2021 As the vaccine rollout continues, COVID-19 variants that may be more transmissible have become increasingly common acro...
January 14, 2021 The ACEs Aware initiative is hosting a live, one-hour webinar on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 12 p.m. to provide evi...
January 14, 2021 The updated guidance also includes a new recommendation for vaccine providers to use 50% of “second doses” received to ...
January 13, 2021 California Medical Association President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued a statement in response to California's rev...
January 12, 2021 HHS Secretary Alex Azar has extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) for an additional 90 days. This means t...
January 12, 2021 CDPH has launched the California Immunization Registry – Medical Exemption website to request, issue, manage and track ...
January 04, 2021 A new campaign led by health professionals and health advocates is emerging to expose the health insurance industry’s d...
December 23, 2020 California is scheduled to receive doses of a second vaccine that has been approved for use against COVID-19.
December 18, 2020 California is in the first stage of vaccinating individuals against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. We have...
December 18, 2020 On Friday, December 18, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced its plan for reimbursement of the admin...
December 17, 2020 On December 11, the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) issued an all plan letter (APL) and an FAQ inst...
December 15, 2020 On Sunday, December 13, 2020, the first doses of the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine arrived in California and roll...
December 10, 2020 In late November, CDPH announced the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee, with broad representation
December 09, 2020 CMA is urging physicians to contact their members of Congress to ask that they take immediate action to ensure the stab...
December 08, 2020 California has established three advisory committees to make recommendations on its distribution plan, which will draw ...
December 07, 2020 California Medical Association President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued a in response to the appointment of Tomás A...
December 07, 2020 The CA Notify app is a voluntary opt-in system that alerts users to potential exposure without storing or transmitting ...
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