Below is the most recent CMA news on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
September 28, 2020
Physician practices may be eligible for these tax credit and tax forgiveness provisions if they scaled employment down and up in response to COVID-19...
September 24, 2020
In response to Newsom’s executive order, CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., and Health Officers Association of California Executive Director ...
Now that we are six months into the pandemic, CMA is launching a follow up survey to reevaluate practice viability.
September 22, 2020
C4CN recently expanded its mission to help more health care workers struggling with any stress-related challenge or who simply want to take action to...
Rather than broadening access to COVID-19 testing like the federal law has done, CMA believes the emergency regulations create barriers that will del...
September 18, 2020
AMA has added two new CPT codes to meet the needs of the health care industry as medical advancements expand the fight against COVID-19. The update t...
September 15, 2020
The fourth in our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds series – Virtual Grand Rounds: COVID-19 Updates in Therapeutics – will be Tuesday, October 13, 2020, a...
September 09, 2020
DCA has extended two waivers that give flexibility to physicians with expiring licenses.
DMHC issued an all plan letter reminding health plans of the continued requirement to reimburse providers at the same rate for telehealth services
CMA mobilized with its local county medical societies, the state of California and Altais to bring more than 40 million pieces of PPE to physicians f...
CMA has partnered with Rockpointe—a leading provider of CME—to provide free webinars for physicians and other health care providers who are treating ...
Rockpointe, a leading provider of CME, is offering a free and live one-hour webinar, “Obesity and COVID-19 in the Outpatient Setting: What Clinicia...
Rockpointe, a leading provider of CME, has collaborated with state medical societies and global oncology associations to offer a free and live one-h...
September 01, 2020
The third installment of CMA’s Telehealth Webinar Series for Small and Medium Sized Practices “The Patient Experience” is now open for registration. ...
The survey results highlight the immediate need for improvements in the testing supply chain, timelier test processing, and better data and reporting...
CMA is surveying physicians regarding their experience with telehealth, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 28, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new framework to guide California’s reopening activities, called “Blueprint for a Safer California.”
August 25, 2020
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, on August 6, 2020, released interim guidance for health care e...
HHS is again extending the deadline for physicians to apply for the Provider Relief Fund for both Medicare and Medicaid providers.
August 18, 2020
The California Medical Association (CMA) and the American Medical Association have urged Congress to lower the interest rate and extend repayment tim...
Testing for COVID-19 is a top priority for California and is critical not only for the diagnosis, but for our understanding, management and treatment...
August 12, 2020
The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has extended a waiver that temporarily removes the ratios for physicians supervising nurse practi...
August 11, 2020
The third in our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds series – Transmission, Testing and Masks: creating a culture to curb COVID-19 – will be Tuesday, Septem...
In an August 5, 2020, notice to providers, Blue Shield announced it would be temporarily increasing reimbursement rates for certain Evaluation and Ma...
August 05, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the deadline for physicians to apply for the
On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
July 31, 2020
Senate Republicans have released details of their version of the fourth COVID-19 relief package, known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability ...
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