Below is the most recent CMA news on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
November 29, 2022
Recent authorizations of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for children 5 years and up will help protect young patients from the ever-evolving SARS-CoV-2 vi...
November 01, 2022
CMA will be hosting a webinar on November 17, 2022, where DHCS staff will provide an overview of and answer questions about eligibility and the regi...
October 18, 2022
Wildfires seem to have become a yearly norm in California. Join us on November 8 for the latest installment of our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds to le...
Under the new requirements, physicians and other health care providers must still report patient hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19,
October 14, 2022
HHS has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency, for additional 90 days, effective October 13, 2022. As the U.S. braces for a spike in cases th...
September 20, 2022
The deadline for providers to submit a Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Period 3 report is September 30, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET.
The burnout rate among physicians in the United States spiked dramatically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a newly ...
CDPH has launched the COVID-19 Test to Treat Equity Grant Program. COVID-19 treatment greatly reduces risk of hospitalization and death for those who...
September 19, 2022
CDPH is ending COVID-19 policies that required weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated individuals in high-risk workplaces and schools who applied f...
September 14, 2022
DHCS has published an FAQ that answers common questions about the health care worker retention bonuses authorized under legislation recently signed...
September 07, 2022
Although the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration is slated to expire at the end of October, it is expected that U.S. Health and Human Servic...
In a critical next step forward in our country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Foo...
August 23, 2022
In June 30, 2022, Governor Newsom signed legislation aimed at stabilizing and retaining California's health care workforce and recognizing the sacri...
The latest installment of our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds will be September 13, 2022.
August 01, 2022
PHC today announced that CDPH is investing an additional $10 million to support physicians providing pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
July 28, 2022
CDPH is launching a new bi-weekly webinar series for physicians about therapeutics used to treat COVID-19.
July 26, 2022
DHCS is now ready to accept Medi-Cal vaccine administration claims for individuals 6 months and older.
June 28, 2022
DHCS has not yet completed the system and operational changes required to enable successful claims adjudication for administration of the Pfizer-BioN...
June 22, 2022
CDPH recently expanded the definition of “close contact” to better acknowledge that COVID-19 is an airborne disease, rather than one spread by respir...
June 14, 2022
Join us on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from 12 – 1 p.m. for the latest installment of our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds to learn from experts about the ...
June 09, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5 may be available as soon as the end of June. Vaccine preorders are now available through myCAvax.
June 01, 2022
AMA announced an update to the CPT code set to now include the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 5 years old.
May 24, 2022
PHC has extended the deadline for its KidsVaxGrant program – which will award grants of up to $15,000 to support Vaccines for Children (VFC) provider...
May 20, 2022
CDPH is hosting a COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Billing and Reimbursement webinar on Wednesday May 25, 2022,
May 17, 2022
A CMA-sponsored law that took effect on January 1, 2022, requires health plans and insurers to cover COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration with...
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