December 04, 2024
CMS has proposed new regulations aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of prior authorization in Medicare Advantage p...
Managed care plans must implement Medi-Cal targeted rate increases and make all retroactive payments to eligible networ...
CMA is urging Congress to pass HR 9572, which will increase penalties for health plans that violate the No Surprises Ac...
December 03, 2024
CMA wishes to extend its thanks to outgoing lawmakers who have advocated for CMA priorities, carried sponsored legislat...
In a sign of legislative momentum, a bipartisan group of 41 U.S. senators – including California Sens. Laphonza R. Butl...
December 02, 2024
CMA has published its annual Legislative Wrap-Up providing an inside look at what went down the 2024 legislative sessio...
November 27, 2024
MedWay streamlines practice operations and allow physicians to focus more on clinical work, improving both patient
November 26, 2024
DEA for the third time extends pandemic era waivers that allow controlled substances to be prescribed via telemedicine....
To help physician practices understand their participation status, which products are being offered and what changes to...
November 22, 2024
PHC – the philanthropic arm of the California Medical Association – announced more than $25 million in CalMedForce
November 20, 2024
Molina Healthcare of California and CMA PSO today announced the launch of a quality improvement project to improve Medi...
November 19, 2024
In California, both DMHC and CDI offer an independent medical review (IMR) process that allows patients to appeal healt...
The Medical Board of California is transitioning to a paperless renewal process and will not accept paper renewal forms...
On January 1, 2025, TriWest Healthcare Alliance will begin providing managed care services to TRICARE beneficiaries in ...
November 15, 2024
In partnership with The Doctors Company, CMA is hosting a free webinar – Policy, Practice and the 2024 Election - Wha...
November 14, 2024
CMS has finalized the 2025 Medicare physician payment policies, including the 2.8% physician payment cut.
November 13, 2024
If you plan to change your Medicare participation status for 2025, you must do by December 31. Unless Congress interven...
November 08, 2024
Medi-Cal will be reprocessing previously denied claims for Flucelvax with dates of service back to August 1...
CMA's third annual HIT Summit will take place May 6-7, 2025, in San Diego. California’s premier health IT event will br...
November 05, 2024
California voters have overwhelmingly approved Proposition 35, a historic investment in Medi-Cal, which serves 15 milli...
November 04, 2024
Medi-Cal Rx will reinstate claim edits and prior authorization requirements for patients 21 years of age and younger on...
DHCS is looking for physicians to participate in online focus groups to identify opportunities to strengthen communicat...
October 31, 2024
Medical students are invited to apply for the next cycle of MedStudents serve. Application opens on Nov. 6, 2024, and w...
October 30, 2024
CMA is asking all physicians to contact their congressional representatives and urge them to cosponsor a bill to stop M...
CALPAC for the fifth time in six years shattered all previous fundraising records in its history, raising $245,710 as i...
San Luis Obispo pediatrician René Bravo, M.D., was named CMA president-elect at the association’s annual House of Deleg...
San Francisco pediatrician Shannon Udovic-Constant, M.D., was installed this weekend as the new California Medical Asso...
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