Below is the most recent CMA news on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
September 22, 2023
AMA recently published new CPT codes that consolidate over 50 previous codes and greatly streamline the reporting of COVID-19 immunizations.
May 15, 2023
PHC has worked closely with the state of California to bring much-needed resources to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in marginal...
May 11, 2023
After three years of pandemic operations, May 11, 2023, marks the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. According to the U.S. Dept. of...
April 03, 2023
Medi-Cal providers who were temporarily and provisionally enrolled as Medi-Cal providers who wish to remain enrolled must submit a complete applicati...
March 29, 2023
California health care providers can now receive free and confidential consultation on COVID-19 testing and treatment through the CDPH COVID-19 Thera...
March 28, 2023
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) today began issuing $1 billion in one-time retention payments to physicians and others who...
March 02, 2023
DMHC is winding down the provider enrollment flexibilities authorized under State of Emergency, which ended on Feb. 28.
February 28, 2023
CMA has published a guide to help physicians navigate the end of the state’s emergency authority.
February 27, 2023
As California continues its efforts to vaccinate all eligible residents against COVID-19, the state is offering additional financial support for Vacc...
February 08, 2023
Please join us for the next installment of our monthly Virtual Grand Grounds – COVID-19 Therapeutics:- When and How to Treat for COVID-19 –
January 18, 2023
California health care providers can now call (866) 268-4322 (COVID-CA) to receive free and confidential consultation on COVID-19 testing and treatme...
January 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended the extreme and uncontrollable circumstances application deadline for the 2022 performanc...
December 26, 2022
Physicians and physician groups are reminded that the deadline to apply for a health care worker retention bonus is Friday, December 30, 2022. In ord...
December 21, 2022
California and many parts of the US are experiencing a “tripledemic” with flu, SARS-CoV-2, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) filling hospital bed...
This fall saw an unprecedented early surge of RSV, as well as early and record-breaking rates of influenza and a new COVID-19 surge.
December 13, 2022
Effective January 1, 2023, a new state law requires California health care providers who administer vaccines to enter the immunizations they administ...
The retention bonuses, of up to $1,000, will be available to employees of hospitals, clinics that are 1206(l)s and affiliated with a hospital, or ski...
December 07, 2022
CDPH is urging physicians to lower barriers for prescribing COVID-19 therapeutics.
November 29, 2022
COVID-19 remains on our radar, but other infectious diseases are also causing new or unusual symptoms and warrant attention. To learn more, plan to j...
CMA worked with the Governor and legislature to secure $1.3 billion in the state budget to provide retention bonuses for California’s physicians and ...
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 ...
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