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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May 17, 2021
DHCS and the California Office of the California Surgeon General have launched the “State of CAre” health care provider...
May 14, 2021
On behalf of the nearly 50,000 physicians, residents and medical student members of the California Medical Association,...
UHC recently implemented changes requiring NPs, PAs and clinical nurse specialists to bill under their own NPI, virtual...
May 13, 2021
This new collaboration will allow the medical board to view CME participation data directly from the ACCME Program and ...
ACCME announced the June 1 launch of its ACCME Academy, with educational offerings for continuing medical education (CM...
May 12, 2021
UnitedHealthcare recently announced that the Optum Pay basic service would restore access to claim payment and reconc...
May 11, 2021
The Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA) is hosting the 33rd Annual Western States Regional Conference...
FSMB and NBME have announced that the USMLE Step 1 score reporting will transition to pass/fail outcomes only for adm...
May 10, 2021
CMA is urging the Biden Administration to take actions to support increased participation by community providers, inclu...
HHS recently announced the availability of nearly $1 billion for rural clinics and hospitals to strengthen COVID-19 res...
The FDA granted the highly anticipated approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15.
May 07, 2021
In 2018, Congress passed a law that established the Community Care Program to ensure veterans receive timely, high-qual...
May 05, 2021
CMA President Peter N. Bretan, Jr., M.D., issued the following statement in response to continued attacks on public hea...
May 04, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released new guidelines that would expand access to med...
Aledade is pleased to announce that preliminary results for the 2020 Medicare Shared Savings Program project $83.5 mill...
Today, HHS announced a new program that will cover the costs of administering COVID-19 vaccines to patients enrolled in...
CMA is hosting a webinar that will help pediatricians understand the Information Blocking Rule, how to comply and how t...
PHC today announced the launch of a seven-part cultural competency education series for California health care provider...
May 03, 2021
CMA is sponsoring bipartisan federal legislation to allow California and Texas physicians to participate in the federal...
The California Medical Association (CMA) Board of Trustees, via its Committee on Nominations, is seeking recommendation...
April 30, 2021
The California Medical Association’s (CMA) wellness program (CMA Wellness) has launched free, online wellness engagemen...
April 29, 2021
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill supported by the California Medical Association (CMA) that would bring full ...
April 27, 2021
To learn more about how CMA continued its fight for the practice of medicine through a comprehensive program of legisla...
ABMS is now seeking comments on its “ Draft Standards for Continuing Certification – Call for Comments ” to obtain inpu...
This funding opportunity expires in September 2021, so it is important that practices get the process started ASAP to t...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declar...
The next installment of our COVID-19 Virtual Grand Rounds will feature physicians engaged in research and clinical ca...
The sixth and final round of the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program opens Wednesday, April 28, 202...
April 26, 2021
A bill making forgiven PPP loans tax deductible and delivering tax relief to businesses hit hardest by the pandemic pas...
April 20, 2021
The Biden Administration last week began to undo a Trump-era “gag rule” that bans physicians in the Title X program fro...
CMA issued the following statement in response to today's verdicts in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin,...
The law was signed by President Joe Biden on April 15, 2021, and extended the pause on the Medicare reimbursement cut t...
April 19, 2021
San Diego physician Akilah Weber, M.D., was sworn into office on April 19, 2021, as California’s newest Assemblymember....
The ACEs Aware initiative is hosting a free, live webinar on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from 12 – 1 p.m. to review the ...
Altais invites all CMA-affiliated independent physicians to participate in a short online survey on how you have been c...
Tickets for the event are free of charge for fully vaccinated front-line health care workers (and a fully vaccinated gu...
CMA filed a brief in important case before the California Supreme Court that will have lasting ramifications on a physi...
April 14, 2021
CMA has learned that the contract between Dignity Health California and Anthem Blue Cross is set to terminate for its c...
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is now requiring physicians to bill eligible telehealth services with place of service (POS) 02 ...
April 13, 2021
While the Information Blocking Rule holds many benefits for patients and physicians, it raises some specific considerat...
To help consumers benefit from these new subsidies, Covered California launched a special open enrollment period starti...
Nearly one-third of physicians reported that prior authorization requirements have led to a serious adverse event for a...
DMHC will be conducting investigations to assess barriers practitioners experience in providing behavioral health servi...
CMA's annotated Model Medical Staff Bylaws are the definitive guide for every medical staff for the professional and le...
CMA's collaboration with Aledade Inc. helps independent physicians succeed in value-based care, ensuring practices and ...
April 08, 2021
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recently finalized changes to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedu...
April 07, 2021
To conclude our 12-part telehealth webinar series, CMA is hosting a telehealth townhall and inviting practices to bring...
April 06, 2021
The federal information blocking rule, issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), took effec...