June 29, 2022
CDPH has released an advisory for health care providers on the evolving monkeypox outbreak. The advisory includes inf...
A CMA bill to reduce prior authorization red tape has passed out of the Assembly Health Committee. This bill—SB 250 aut...
June 28, 2022
DHCS has not yet completed the system and operational changes required to enable successful claims adjudication for adm...
The 151st Annual Session of the CMA House of Delegates will discuss three major issues when it convenes October 22-23, ...
DHCS recently announced that it would soon begin reinstating pharmacy claim edits and prior authorization requirement...
Gov. Newsom recently sent a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, urging him to fix the Public Service Loa...
CMS is hosting a series of webinars on specific No Surprises Act topics in the coming weeks. The next webinar will c...
June 27, 2022
CMA is urging Cigna to rescind its recently announced policy that would require the submission of medical records with ...
In the 2021 legislative session, CMA sponsored a bill to increase the tax on e-cigarette and vaping products to more cl...
PHC recently hosted the inaugural GME Leadership Summit . The virtual summit—hosted by PHC’s GME Startup Solutions p...
June 24, 2022
CMA applauds Congress for passing long overdue gun reforms, and putting aside political differences to help stop the ep...
Today the U. S. Supreme Court has rolled back the fundamental rights of Americans to receive evidence-based reproductiv...
June 22, 2022
CDPH recently expanded the definition of “close contact” to better acknowledge that COVID-19 is an airborne disease, ra...
June 16, 2022
Physicians for a Healthy California and the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations are seeking nominations of extrao...
June 14, 2022
Congress is rushing to push through a bill that recklessly expands scope of practice at the federal level.
Join us on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from 12 – 1 p.m. for the latest installment of our monthly Virtual Grand Rounds to l...
In the wake of recent mass shootings, the U.S. Senate this weekend announced a bipartisan agreement on gun reforms.
Two CMA physicians were elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees at the association's annual...
Jack Resneck Jr., M.D ., a dermatologist and health policy expert from San Francisco, will be installed this evening a...
The AMA Foundation has awarded two Californian physicians with Excellence in Medicine Awards for their service and lead...
June 13, 2022
The California Department of Insurance is warning health insurers that refusing to cover necessary treatments and limit...
June 09, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5 may be available as soon as the end of June. Vaccine preorders are now avail...
June 07, 2022
Learn how practices are thriving in Aledade ACOs. ACO deadline for 2023 is almost here!
June 06, 2022
Congress is rushing to push through a bill that recklessly expands scope of practice at the federal level. Through a pa...
In late May, Cigna announced that it will begin requiring the submission of medical records with all E/M claims with ...
June 04, 2022
California Medical Association President Robert E. Wailes, M.D., issued the following statement on the recent violence ...
June 03, 2022
Over the past month, a series of tragic and senseless mass shootings have, once again, ripped communities and families ...
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