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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 ...
August 04, 2020
Louis J. Goodman, Ph.D., former Texas Medical Association (TMA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Vice Presid...
CMA Physician Services would like to build an offering for physicians who are either implementing CEHRT for the first t...
Masks help stop the spread of COVID 19, period. This is the central message of a new video released today by #WearAMask...
Cigna implemented a new policy restricting outpatient advanced radiologic imaging procedures in the hospital setting....
August 03, 2020
Decisions to approve, modify or deny a standard request for a prior authorization must be made in a timely fashion appr...
July 31, 2020
Senate Republicans have released details of their version of the fourth COVID-19 relief package, known as the Health, E...
July 28, 2020
CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to the administration’s announcem...
July 27, 2020
The first of dozens of PPE distribution events around the state began this week, as CMA partnered with its component me...
CMA is launching a new 12-part webinar series – Telehealth for Small and Medium Sized Practices. The 12 presentations ...
The second in our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds series – COVID-19 - The State of the Pandemic, Children, and Opening S...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially renewed the public health emergency declaration ...
July 23, 2020
Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) recently published updated guidance for physicians billing for telemedicine servic...
July 21, 2020
The California Department of Public Health has issued new guidance that establishes a tiered system to determine who ...
As COVID-19 cases surge across California, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) is looking for ad...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the deadline for to apply to receive a portion of t...
July 16, 2020
Anthem Blue Cross has said it will not delay implementation of its new policy requiring specialty pharmacy medications ...
July 15, 2020
COVID-19 cases are spiking across California, creating shortages in essential testing supplies. Though the state issued...
July 14, 2020
Concerned about the COVID-19 epidemic’s immediate and long-term impacts on mental health, California health officials a...
July 13, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its Provider Relief Fund FAQ to clarify that payme...
July 10, 2020
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Health and Human Services Agency...
July 08, 2020
The Physicians Foundation—a national, not-for-profit seeking to advance the work of practicing physicians and facilitat...
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Medical Association’s (CMA) partner podcast the Nocturnists began...
July 07, 2020
CMA urged the Newsom Administration to immediately convene an advisory group to address the COVID-19 outbreak at San Qu...
This week, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced changes to student visa programs that would rev...
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on July 6, 2020, resumed accepting applications following the passage of the Payc...
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, HHS opened a new “Medicaid Targeted Distribution” portal through which Medicaid-dependen...
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surrounding regulations and guidelines around hosting large meetings, the Cal...
In an effort to ensure California physicians can continue to provide care to patients during the COVID-19 outbreak, the...
July 06, 2020
Recently, the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) hosted a webinar titled, “I Can’t Breathe: Reflections on Racism...
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) represent a public health crisis that has been, until recently, largely unrecogniz...
July 01, 2020
CMA is sponsoring a bill authored by state Senator Richard Pan, M.D., that will protect California’s public health offi...
June 30, 2020
The first Virtual Grand Rounds – State of COVID-19 with California Public Health Leaders – will be Tuesday, July 14, 20...
Starting July 1, 2020, Medi-Cal providers must take a certified training and self-attest to having completed the traini...
On June 15, 2020, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) launched a new Medi-Cal website. The initial...
CMA and a number of specialty medical associations have asked Anthem Blue Cross to delay implementation of a new policy...
June 29, 2020
This is a budget that protects and reflects California values. California is in the midst of unprecedented economic u...
CMA;s partner podcast The Nocturnists will be releasing the first episode of a new audio documentary series Black Voice...
Anthem Blue Cross recently began notifying physicians it will seek approval to participate as a Medi-Cal managed care p...
June 25, 2020
CMS announced that physicians will have the option to opt out completely or partially from Medicare’s 2020 Merit-Based ...
June 23, 2020
In its continued effort to identify alternate-delivery methods, the USMLE Program has opened additional regional testin...
President Trump’s racist dog whistle remarks have no place in our politics or in the house of medicine. Comments like t...
Anthem notified physicians that it will soon require that specialty pharmacy medications administered in the office or ...
To inform the public on the latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Richard Pan, M.D., launched...
The California Senate is currently considering a bill that would grant full practice authority to nurse practitioners (...
The California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom have reached an agreement on a balanced budget for fiscal year 202...
CMA Physician Services and Aledade are hosting a free webinar—Diversifying Revenue Through Value-Based Care with Aledad...
