August 27, 2025
With Medicare telehealth flexibilities set to expire Sept. 30, CMA and AMA are urging Congress to pass H.R. 4206, the C...
Federal regulators have extended their “enforcement discretion” on how insurers calculate the Qualified Payment Amount ...
August 21, 2025
A federal judge has blocked HHS from sharing the personal information of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials,...
CMA is deeply saddened by the passing of longtime member and physician leader Larry A. DeGhetaldi, M.D., whose vision, ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging all children ages 6–23 months to be vaccinated against COVID-19, diverging...
August 20, 2025
DHCS is rolling out a series of Medi-Cal Rx policy changes starting November 1, 2025, with more extensive coverage rest...
CMA is calling on Cigna to rescind a new automatic downcoding policy that appears to violate California law, creates un...
August 14, 2025
UnitedHealthcare will release its annual update to the national Gold Card program on September 1, 2025. Physicians shou...
August 12, 2025
The White House has released a sweeping AI action plan outlining more than 90 policy actions, prioritizing responsible ...
August 11, 2025
Anthem Blue Cross is now enforcing a policy requiring physicians to include the appropriate gestational age ICD-10 Z3A ...
The White House has launched a health tech ecosystem initiative intended to improve interoperability, develop consumer-...
A federal antitrust lawsuit against MultiPlan and several major insurers is moving forward, alleging a price-fixing sch...
August 09, 2025
Health plans are routinely failing to pay physicians after losing independent dispute resolution cases under the No Sur...
August 07, 2025
In response to news reports that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., plans to remove all 16 members of the USPSTF, CM...
August 06, 2025
CMS has re-opened the Doctors and Clinicians preview period for calendar year 2023, giving physicians another chance to...
August 05, 2025
Advanced APM-participating physicians who have not received incentive payments for the 2023 performance period/2025 pay...
August 04, 2025
A coalition of leading medical organizations is suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for unilaterally stripping ...
Last week bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress that seeks to bring long-overdue transparency and accountab...
July 30, 2025
CMA has filed an amicus brief urging the court to uphold a key legal pathway for enforcing California’s ban on the corp...
July 24, 2025
CMA members have access to exclusive discounts on professional contract review services to help evaluate, negotiate and...
CMA’s 2025 Mid-Year Legislative Update details major wins in blocking dangerous scope expansions and advancing key refo...
Congress has reintroduced a bipartisan bill to expand Medicare-funded residency slots by 14,000 over the next seven yea...
July 17, 2025
CMS has released its proposed 2026 physician payment rule, which would increase the Medicare conversion factors by 3.6%...
A new legal challenge to Santa Cruz’s voter-approved soda tax could set a precedent for other California cities seeking...
July 14, 2025
The TRICARE referral and authorization waiver for the West Region expired on June 30. Providers must now follow standar...
July 10, 2025
Despite strong opposition from physicians and health advocates, Congress passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act...
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved – for now – the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that insurers cover preventive s...
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