February 15, 2019 More than one-quarter of physicians (28 percent) report the prior authorization process required by health insurers for...
January 18, 2019 On January 13, 2019, one day before the effective date, the federal court granted the state’s motion for a preliminary ...
January 10, 2019The governor is following through on a key campaign promise by investing more than $1 billion in Proposition 56 tobacco ...
January 07, 2019The executive order will help control health care costs and expand access to care for millions of Californians.
December 21, 2018The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the Physician Compare preview period through Monday, J...
December 17, 2018 Since 2014, California’s uninsured population has dropped more than any other state, from 17% of the population to 7%. ...
December 11, 2018 With a limited number of changes set to occur for 2019, it remains critical that physician practices understand their p...
November 29, 2018 Recently, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued guidance and model policies to ensure that public facilitie...
October 13, 2018 Modesto family physician Silvia Diego, M.D., was honored today with the California Medical Association’s (CMA) most pre...
October 01, 2018 The 147th Annual Session of the California Medical Association (CMA) House of Delegates (HOD) will convene next weekend...
September 24, 2018 Health care should remain a safe place for all, and we urge the Trump Administration to rethink this irresponsible poli...
August 14, 2018On July 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills (H.R. 6199 and H.R. 6311) that would expand how health sa...
May 29, 2018 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule that would exempt states with at...
May 25, 2018 Today, the California Medical Association (CMA) killed Assembly Bill 3087 (Kalra) – dangerous legislation that would ha...
May 14, 2018On Wednesday, May 16, the Assembly Appropriations Committee will be considering AB 3087 (Kalra), which would create a co...
May 14, 2018 President Donald Trump recently announced his intention to strip more than $15.4 billion out of the $1.3 trillion fed...
May 14, 2018 On Friday, Governor Jerry Brown released his revised budget proposal for fiscal year 2018-19. The proposal includes tot...
April 30, 2018 Over 500 physicians, medical students and stakeholders gathered in Sacramento on April 18 to bring the voice of medicin...
April 24, 2018 Today, the Assembly Committee on Health voted to advance Assembly Bill 3087 (Kalra), a harmful government intrusion int...
April 17, 2018 Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) last week announced a radical physician rate setting proposal (AB 3087) that wo...
April 16, 2018 Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) last week announced a radical proposal that would increase patient out-of-pocket ...
April 09, 2018 Today, Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) released new details on a radical new legislative proposal that would in...
April 02, 2018 A California law that requires specified facilities providing pregnancy-related services and counseling to disclose inf...
March 27, 2018 A California Medical Association (CMA) contingent of two dozen physician and medical student leaders recently traveled ...
March 22, 2018More than nine in 10 physicians (92 percent) say that prior authorizations programs have a negative impact on patient cl...
March 18, 2018 The University of California, San Francisco recently released a report that provides recommendations for a sustainabl...
March 15, 2018The California Medical Association (CMA) today applauded legislation that sets a clear and realistic path forward to ach...
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