January 22, 2020 Physicians are reminded that the open enrollment period for Covered California ends on January 31, with coverage effect...
January 17, 2020 California’s 2019-2020 fiscal year budget contained significant new funding for new programs including the value-based ...
January 06, 2020 Effective January 1, 2020, Anthem Blue Cross has imposed a new billing requirement on providers for all drug related cl...
January 01, 2020 Beginning January 1, 2020, providers must use only the new MBI number for Medicare transactions regardless of the date ...
December 16, 2019 CMS has developed a new rebuttal process for providers whose Medicare enrollments have been deactivated.
December 11, 2019 In August 2019, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued its final telehealth policy.
December 11, 2019 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of California recently announced the launch of its new Medicare Advantage plan, UnitedH...
December 11, 2019 OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit provider for UnitedHealthcare, will require e-prescriptions for opioids and all other con...
December 10, 2019 Medicare and other payors may provide extra payment when a procedure requires an assistant surgeon. But any time addit...
December 06, 2019 As the current year ends, physicians are urged verify patients' eligibility and benefits for 2020 to ensure they will b...
December 06, 2019 December 31, 2019, is the last day to make changes to their Medicare participation status for 2020 as well as to finali...
December 06, 2019 CMA has published a new tip sheet, “Surviving Covered California: Preparing for changes in 2020.”
December 06, 2019 CMA recently hosted a webinar examining the supplemental Medi-Cal payments made possible by the Proposition 56 tobacco ...
November 12, 2019 Once again, it’s time for physicians to decide if they want to make changes to their Medicare participation status . P...
November 11, 2019 To learn more about the supplemental payments, including how to ensure you’re getting your fair share, CMA is hosting a...
November 08, 2019 Governor Gavin Newsom has declared state of emergencies in response to the wildfires across California that have destro...
November 08, 2019 The American Medical Association has released the CPT ® 2020 code set, which will be effective Jan. 1, 2020. Among the...
November 05, 2019 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently updated the list of diseases and conditions that must be rep...
November 05, 2019 A new survey of California physicians illustrates serious unintended consequences from California’s surprise billing ...
November 01, 2019 The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published Medicare’s influenza vaccine payment allowance...
October 30, 2019 Physicians are reminded that the transition period to the new Medicare Beneficiary Identification (MBI) numbers will en...
October 10, 2019 The California Medical Association (CMA) has learned that Anthem Blue Cross has terminated its contract with Hill Physi...
October 08, 2019 The California Medical Association’s (CMA) Center for Economic Services is publishing updated profiles on each of the m...
October 08, 2019 On Sept. 1, 2019, Anthem Blue Cross posted news about a claim editing update to remove conflicts between Excludes1 and ...
October 01, 2019 The California Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) transition of all fiscal intermediary duties from Conduent to...
September 24, 2019 The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has contracted with DXC Technology who will assume all fiscal ...
September 16, 2019 CMA is hosting a one-hour webinar—Proposition 56 funds: What’s new for FY 19-20 and beyond—on Wednesday, December 4 at ...
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