February 12, 2020 Noridian, the California Medicare contractor, has recently advised that it will begin reprocessing claims impacted by...
February 12, 2020 As of January 1, 2020, TRICARE now covers annual 3-D mammography screenings through its provisional coverage program. ...
February 11, 2020 Beginning March 1, 2020, the OptumRx home delivery pharmacy will no longer fill prescriptions received by hard copy, fa...
February 05, 2020 Beginning February 10, 2020, Anthem Blue Cross will begin using Availity’s medical attachment functionality to request ...
January 29, 2020 Thousands of cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) have been reported from across...
January 29, 2020 CMS has opened the data submission period for MIPS eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period ...
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 02, 2020 DHCS) is now accepting 2019 attestations for the Medi-Cal EHR Incentive Program.
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,
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 19, 2019 The California Medical Association has published a summary of the most significant new health laws of interest to physi...
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 ...
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