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November 21, 2025
CMA President René Bravo, M.D., issued the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
November 20, 2025
CMA applauds the introduction of the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, authored by Representatives...
November 17, 2025
CMA has joined a national federation letter urging Anthem to rescind a new administrative policy that would penalize ho...
November 13, 2025
On November 12, President Trump signed bill to fund the government through January 30, 2026. While it renews key health...
November 12, 2025
CMA will host a webinar on Wednesday, December 17 to help physicians and practice administrators prepare for significan...
November 11, 2025
The Senate voted 60–40 late Monday night to approve a continuing resolution that would reopen the federal government an...
November 10, 2025
CMS has announced that Medicare Advantage plans may continue offering certain telehealth benefits despite the expiratio...
CMA has obtained clarification that Cigna’s pause on implementation of the “Evaluation and Management Coding Accuracy” ...
During Diabetes Awareness Month, CMA is highlighting a free, CME-accredited webinar that helps physicians identify and ...
November 07, 2025
CMA has signed on to a national multispecialty coalition letter urging Noridian Healthcare Solutions to withdraw or sub...
Physicians who wish to change their Medicare participation status for 2026 must do so by December 31, 2025. This decisi...
The final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule increases rates for all physicians by 3.26%. It includes additional mode...
The U.S. Department of Education has finalized a rule that will disqualify physicians working in...
November 06, 2025
Beginning January 1, 2026, health plans and insurers — including Medi-Cal managed care plans — must pay clean claims wi...
The Medi-Cal Treatment Authorization Request system will be offline from Saturday, November 15, through Tuesday, Novemb...
October 30, 2025
CMA Physician Services CEO David Ford joined Medical Economics' Off the Chart podcast for an in-depth discussion abou...
CMA presented the 2025 Speaker’s Recognition Award to Elizabeth McNeil as she retires after more than 34 years leading ...
October 29, 2025
CMA's Virtual Grand Rounds webinar — The Evolving State of Public Health: Vaccines, Advisory Groups and Other Emerging...
Dr. George Fouras has been elected Speaker of the House of Delegates, and Dr. Anna Yap has been elected vice speaker, a...
Dr. Chou has been elected CMA president-elect and will assume the presidency at the conclusion of the 2026 House of Del...
CMA delegates approved major governance reforms to streamline resolution review and enhance member engagement, includin...
October 28, 2025
On November 10, 2025, PHC will open its fifth application cycle for MedStudentsServe, which provides funding to medical...
October 22, 2025
CALPAC broke its own fundraising record for the sixth time in seven years, raising $300,320 at CMA’s 154th House of Del...
San Luis Obispo pediatrician René Bravo, M.D., has been installed as the 157th president of the California Medical Asso...
CMS has lifted most Medicare claims payment holds tied to the federal government shutdown, meaning payments for...
CMA has named P.T. Koenig, M.D., a family physician with Sutter Medical Group in Dixon, as the recipient of the 2025 Ga...
October 20, 2025
CMA announced that Shagun Bindlish, M.D., a nationally recognized internist, diabetologist and community health advocat...
Family medicine physician Salvador Sandoval, M.D., MPH, has been announced as the 2025 recipient of CMA's Frederick K.M...
October 16, 2025
CMA’s 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up Navigating Change highlights key victories from a challenging session, including new s...
Governor Gavin Newsom has joined 14 other governors in launching the Governors Public Health Alliance, a new multistate...
CMA will convene its 154th annual House of Delegates meeting in Los Angeles this weekend, bringing together more than 8...
CMS has reversed its earlier directive to hold all Medicare claims, now limiting the temporary payment delay to only ce...
Californians with both Medicare and Medi-Cal now have expanded access to integrated “Medi-Medi Plans” in 29 additional ...
DHCS is moving forward with a new round of Medi-Cal Rx policy changes that take effect January 1, 2026. The updates—out...
October 13, 2025
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Assembly Bill 489, a landmark bill that will protect patients from AI systems that m...
October 09, 2025
Astrana Health’s acquisition of Prospect Health became effective July 1, 2025, transferring provider contracts and oper...
October 07, 2025
CMA announced today that Governor Gavin Newsom signed a CMA-sponsored bill, Senate Bill 351, a critical piece of legisl...
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law Senate Bill 306, a CMA-sponsored bill that delivers critical reforms to the p...
This session will provide updates on the latest developments in vaccines and immunization policy, the role of public he...
October 02, 2025
The deadline to apply for the 2025–26 CalMedForce and CalMedForce+ grant cycle is October 8, 2025, at 7 p.m. PT. With u...
Prop. 35 implementation is finally beginning in four areas: reproductive health, GME residency positions, emergency dep...
Gov. Newsom has signed a package of bills to expand reproductive health protections, safeguard patient privacy, and shi...
While Medicare and Medicaid payments will continue during the federal government shutdown, important programs expired o...
October 01, 2025
The California Board of Pharmacy’s final compounding regulations explicitly exempt physicians and other non-pharmacy pr...
Cigna has agreed to pause implementation of its new automatic downcoding policy pending review by DMHC, following CMA’s...
September 29, 2025
HHS has released updated security risk assessment tool, designed to help small and medium-sized practices comply with H...
September 25, 2025
Unless Congress acts before Sept. 30, 2025, key Medicare telehealth flexibilities will expire, sharply limiting patient...
September 24, 2025
A federal antitrust lawsuit against MultiPlan and several major insurers is moving forward, alleging a price-fixing sch...