Below is the most recent CMA news on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
April 13, 2021
To help consumers benefit from these new subsidies, Covered California launched a special open enrollment period starting April 12, 2021, which will ...
Nearly one-third of physicians reported that prior authorization requirements have led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care, accord...
April 06, 2021
The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has issued a number of new waivers related to ordering and administering of COVID-19 vaccines tha...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it had begun recouping COVID-19 accelerated and advance payments on March 30, 2...
March 30, 2021
The next installment of our COVID-19 Virtual Grand Grounds will feature physicians working clinically to monitor and care for patients with prolonged...
Current Covered California consumers will pay an estimated $119 less per month per household on average, which translates to an average savings of $1...
March 29, 2021
The hardship exception application for group practices, virtual groups and alternative payment model entities who missed the previous 2020 deadline. ...
March 25, 2021
Anticipating a new influx of vaccine supply, Gov. Newsom announced he state would soon be loosening eligibility requirements to get residents vaccina...
The U.S. Senate voted 90-2 to pass bipartisan legislation to stop the 2% Medicare sequestration cut that would have further destabilized physician pr...
March 24, 2021
Medi-Cal has raised its payment rate for COVID-19 vaccine administration fee to $40 per dose, regardless of vaccine manufacturer. This represents an ...
Last week, the U.S. House voted 246-175 to stop the 2% Medicare sequestration payment cuts and to extend the moratorium on these cuts through the end...
March 16, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the country, America's physicians remain entrenched on the front lines, fighting to save their patients. A...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it would double Medicare payment for administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
California has expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine, with nearly half of all residents now eligible as of Monday, March 15, 2021.
March 11, 2021
On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief package. “The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (HR 1319) w...
CMA has received several reports from practices very concerned that commercial payors are shifting the financial risk of critical COVID-19 diagnostic...
March 10, 2021
DMHC today published a new “all plan letter” detailing how the new federal guidance affects its emergency regulations on COVID-19 testing.
CMA has joined #ThisIsOurShot, a national grassroots coalition to build vaccine-trust for a COVID-free world by elevating health care voices as trust...
March 09, 2021
Two CMA supported bills are being heard in committee this week. CMA is urging all physicians to contact legislators and urge them to vote yes on thes...
California’s public schools have largely been shuttered for the past year, and pediatricians and others are reporting significant mental health distr...
March 02, 2021
CDPH recently announced that as of March 1, 2021, all providers and local health jurisdictions will move to a uniform, state-directed eligibility cri...
CMA is now sponsoring a bill that would require health plans and insurers to reimburse its contracted health care providers for business expenses tha...
CMS announced that it would be granting automatic exceptions from reporting requirements for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quali...
Last week the FDA approved Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use – an important new weapon in the fight against the coronavirus pa...
FDA last week announced that it is allowing undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be transported and stored at convention...
CMA is extending its distribution of free personal protective equipment with direct shipment of supplies to California physicians.
February 23, 2021
Join us for the next webinar in our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds series – COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants – on Tuesday, March 9, from 12:00 to 1:30 p....
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