The California Legislature had an active year, passing many new laws affecting health care—with a strong focus on health care coverage, drug prescribing, public health and mental health issues.
The California Medical Association has published a summary of the most significant new health laws of interest to physicians. For more details, see "Significant New California Laws of Interest to Physicians for 2020."
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July 27, 2021
CMA and its members continue to engage with state regulators over the implementation of a new state law, AB 890.
A free statewide training series on “Advancing Trauma-Informed Communities” is now available for primary care, acute ca...
July 26, 2021
CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom's new exe...
July 20, 2021
HHS extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for an additional 90 days. This means that the telehealth and other...
CMA is collaborating with Aledade Inc. to help independent physicians succeed in value-based care, ensuring practices a...
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the California Legislature passed the health omnibus trailer bill (AB 133), which finalizes...
CMA recently filed an amicus brief in an important case involving Medi-Cal managed care reimbursement for out-of-networ...
CMS released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program proposed rule.
July 19, 2021
CMS has increased payment for and expanded access to cognitive assessment and care plan services.
July 15, 2021
UHC has delayed implementation of its Designated Diagnostic Provider (DDP) program for laboratory services in Californi...
Blue Shield of California has identified a system issue that caused COVID-19 vaccine administration
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July 13, 2021
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury and Labor issued an interim final regulation implem...
CMA has filed a petition requesting review of an appellate court opinion in an
DCA recently warned about an attempted scam aimed at licensees of DCA’s boards and bureaus. In the scheme, an individua...
CMA has joined the Safely Open Schools campaign, which is urging school districts across the state to safely reopen sch...
The U.S. Department of Education has reopened its “negotiated rule-making process” to make changes to the Higher Educat...
The HHS Provider Relief Fund reporting portal is now open for providers who need to report on the use of funds in Repor...
July 12, 2021
CalVaxGrant is now accepting applications and will award eligible practices up to $55,000 in grant funding for COVID-19...
Under California law, all patients enrolled in fully insured commercial products regulated by DMHC or CDI have the righ...
July 07, 2021
CMA has received reports that small and solo medical practices, especially in Southern California, have been sued for a...
June 29, 2021
Individual practices may receive up to $55,000 to support vaccination efforts, as well as one-on-one myCAvax support an...
June 28, 2021
CMA will host a physician who has had a birds-eye view of the pandemic in California: Secretary of the California Healt...
For independent primary care practices and community health centers, the upside of adopting value-based care can be sig...
CMA has recently received several inquiries regarding challenges with reimbursement of COVID-19 vaccine administration ...
June 22, 2021
The Nocturnists have launched the second installment of Stories from a Pandemic , which explores what the murky, middl...
To help employers understand their rights and obligations CMA is hosting a webinar with employment lawyer Oscar Rivas o...
CMA Wellness has launched free, online wellness engagement groups for health care teams that screen for ACEs and toxi...
LAGS Medical Centers, a chain of 38 high-volume pain management clinics operating in 25 counties with nearly 30,000 pat...
Due to planned SMUD maintenance, the power at CMA headquarters will be off from Saturday, June 26
June 17, 2021
Based on concerns from numerous medical societies and physician organizations, UnitedHealthcare has delayed the rollout...
With the State of California having recently lifted most of its COVID-19 restrictions, CMA has begun to receive inquiri...
UnitedHealthcare recently sent a notice to some pediatric and family medicine physician practices offering to increase ...
June 16, 2021
The 150th Annual Session of the CMA House of Delegates will tackle two major issues when it convenes October 23-24, 202...
June 15, 2021
Under the new guidance from the California Department of Public health masks are not required for fully vaccinated indi...
June 14, 2021
The new requirements expand the amount of time providers will have to report information, reduces burdens on smaller pr...
The AMA House of Delegates has elected Jack Resneck Jr., M.D., a dermatologist and health policy expert from San Franc...
June 11, 2021
Health plans must continue to cover certain COVID-19 testing for their enrollees pursuant to federal law.
CMS recently announced an additional payment amount for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare benefic...
June 10, 2021
CMS recently selected Noridian Healthcare Solutions to continue as its Part A and Part B Medicare Administrative Contra...
ACEs Aware is hosting a free, live webinar on the forthcoming Network of Care Roadmap, which will provide practical s...
June 07, 2021
Optum Pay continues to address outstanding issues raised by CMA)and other state and specialty societies with the rollou...
As California businesses begin to transition back the physical workplace, employers understandably have many questions ...
June 02, 2021
CMA is pleased to announce plans for the 150th Annual Session of the CMA House of Delegates, which will convene October...
SB 806 was amended suddenly to add reforms related to the Medical Board of California’s sunset review.
During the next installment of our Virtual Grand Rounds on June 8, 2021, we will hear from experts on medical ethics wh...
DHCS will delay certain payments for two weeks in June so that those claims are paid out of the 2021-2022 fiscal year b...
CMA has compiled an FAQ to help physicians understand their requirements under the new law.