Medical staffs across California continue to face challenges, including threats to self-governance, increasing regulatory burdens of EMTALA, reductions in reimbursement, and ability to provide quality care with decreasing financial resources. 

The CMA Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS) represents California hospital medical staffs and advocates for strong medical staff self-governance and quality patient care. OMSS membership supports legislative advocacy, policy development and legal action on medical staff issues. JOIN TODAY!

The 2022 OMSS Assembly and Education Conference will be held Friday, October 21, 2022, in Los Angeles at the Marriott LA Live. All OMSS member hospitals are invited to attend.

• To see if your hospital is an OMSS member, click here.
• To preview the OMSS Assembly agenda, click here. 
• To register for OMSS Assembly, click here. 

• Join today: Membership Application and Dues Schedule
• Learn more about the benefits of OMSS membership.
• Subscribe to the OMSS newsletter, OMSS Advocate
• Read news articles compiled into OMSS Advocate

• CMA Annotated Model Medical Staff Bylaws
• CMA Health Law Library
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• Upcoming Events
• Archived Webinars
  • Model Medical Staff Bylaws: Help for California Physicians
  • Medical Staff Self Governance and the Tulare Medical Staff Trial
  • Establishing Expectations for High Performance from Medical Staff
• AMA Organized Medical Staff Section
  • AMA OMSS Resources

Check out CMA's COVID-19 resources for breaking news, physician toolkits on telehealth, financial assistance and employment issues, FAQs on the latest developments; and other resources to help physicians navigate the pandemic. Medical staffs may be especially interested in the following resources:

• On-Demand Webinar: COVID-19 Flexibilities for Medical Staff
• FAQ: Hospital and medical staff issues
• FAQ: Waivers impacting scope of practice for non-physicians
• FAQ: Fraud/abuse issues and waivers related to physician self-referral
• CMA Model Medical Staff Policy: Granting Disaster Privileges to Licensed Independent Practitioners During the Declared State of Emergency Over the COVID-19 Pandemic