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July 14, 2025
The TRICARE referral and authorization waiver for the West Region expired on June 30. Providers must now follow standar...
July 03, 2025
As of July 1, 2025, any contract that creates a medical debt must include specific consumer protection language under C...
June 26, 2025
The TRICARE referral and authorization waiver for the West Region will expire on June 30. After that date, providers mu...
June 24, 2025
CMS is warning providers about fraudulent faxed requests for medical records falsely claiming to be part of Medicare au...
June 18, 2025
Don’t forget to claim your share of the $2.8 billion settlement in the landmark class action BCBS Provider Antitrust la...
June 12, 2025
CMA continues to fight at the national level to stop the devastating Medicaid cuts that will not only harm vulnerable p...
June 11, 2025
CMA is proud to announce that seven of its eight sponsored and priority-support bills successfully passed out of their ...
DHCS recently announced the details of its annual “checkwrite” delay. DHCS will delay certain payments for two weeks in...
June 02, 2025
The Medical Board of California is transitioning to a paperless renewal process and will not accept paper renewal forms...
May 29, 2025
CMA Physician Services CEO David Ford recently appeared on the Thriving Practice podcast to highlight MedWay...
CMS is now accepting 2025 MIPS hardship and exception applications, with expanded eligibility that allows physicians to...
May 20, 2025
As announced in its May 2025 Network News, UnitedHealthcare has a new mailing address for contract notices
May 19, 2025
Effective April 30, Molina updated its refund processing to reference the patient control number instead of internal c...
May 15, 2025
More than a year after the Change Healthcare cyberattack, physician practices are still facing timely filing denials an...
May 06, 2025
Brown & Toland has delayed its planned May 1 reimbursement cuts for physician-administered specialty drugs until July 1...
May 01, 2025
CMS finalized 2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D policies, boosting plan payments by 5% and adopting modest reforms—whi...
April 30, 2025
The U.S. Defense Health Agency has for a second time extended the temporary waiver of certain authorization and referra...
April 22, 2025
Independent practices now have a powerful new ally: MedWay – a comprehensive, affordable administrative...
April 16, 2025
California physician practices with 1–4 employees must register for CalSavers by Jan.1, 2026, if they do not already of...
April 15, 2025
DHCS recently announced it would no longer be reimbursing COVID-19 vaccine-only encounters provided by FQHCs, Rural Hea...
April 10, 2025
The president of California Medical Association (CMA), state legislators and dozens of physicians unveiled the Prioriti...
April 08, 2025
Medi-Cal Rx will reinstate prior authorization requirements for all continuation of therapy
April 03, 2025
April 02, 2025
To help physicians feel comfortable and be more effective when communicating with vaccine-hesitant parents
March 27, 2025
The U.S. Defense Health Agency has extended the temporary waiver of certain authorization and referral requirements for...
March 20, 2025
DMHC is requiring health plans to implement additional flexibilities for providers who were displaced by the devastatin...
March 18, 2025
CMA’s new Know Your Rights webinar is now available for on-demand viewing, free for members and their staff.
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