December 23, 2019 Cottage Hospital System has initiated a contract termination with Anthem Blue Cross that affects three hospitals in the...
November 25, 2019 The 2020 application cycle for the CalHealthCares loan repayment program is approaching. The program—which aims to in...
October 28, 2019 Project K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Doctors) received the California Medical Association (CMA) Compassionate Service Awar...
October 14, 2019 Governor Newsom has signed a CMA-sponsored bill to increase patient access through telehealth. The bill will require he...
September 16, 2019 The California Legislature on Friday approved a CMA-sponsored bill to increase patient access through telehealth. The b...
August 27, 2019 Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is excited to announce the second cycle for the graduate medical education (G...
August 19, 2019 The rule targets immigrant families, jeopardizes public health and will deter millions of people from receiving critica...
August 12, 2019 CMA President David H. Aizuss, M.D., issued a statement in response to the Trump Administration’s new public charge rul...
July 11, 2019 The value-based payments will apply to services provided starting July 1, 2019.
June 26, 2019 The Executive Order directs federal agencies to issue regulations to improve the transparency of health care prices.
June 24, 2019 The NEPO Summit will be held August 23-24 at the Westin Pasadena.
June 07, 2019 The program is funded with $180 million in Proposition 56 funds, estimated at $360 million in total funds annually with...
May 30, 2019 Aledade, Inc. and the California Medical Association (CMA) announced a new collaboration to help independent physic...
May 09, 2019 The new budget dedicates additional resources to bolster the state’s Medi-Cal program and expand access to care for low...
May 09, 2019 DHCS has received federal approval of its plan to increase Medi-Cal managed care physician payments for the 2018-2019 f...
April 29, 2019 DHCS has released proposed measures for the VBP program, which would be funded with $180 million annually in Proposit...
February 28, 2019 The Trump administration issued a final rule last week that bars qualified family planning providers that provide abort...
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...
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