CA Physicians Oppose Radical Bill April 9, 2018 CA Physicians Oppose Radical Bill that Reduces Patient Access and Increases Out-of-Pocket Costs Untested government-mandated price caps would jeopardize historic ... Read More
Instead Of Single-Payer Pipe Dream, This Legislation Will Expand Health care April 2, 2018 Article Originally Appeared on The Sacramento Bee The California Nurses Association claims a recent legislative package is a piecemeal approach to ... Read More
New Universal Access Proposal Introduced in CA Legislature March 26, 2018 A sweeping package of legislation was introduced in the California Legislature last week that sets a clear and realistic ... Read More
CMA-Sponsored Bill Would Require Physician-Conducted Autopsies March 19, 2018 The California Medical Association (CMA) is sponsoring a bill (SB 1303) that would require counties with populations of 500,000 ... Read More
Anthem Agrees To Fully Rescind Modifier 25 Policy March 1, 2018 Article originally appeared on cmanet.org This past fall, Anthem Blue Cross notified physicians in several states that effective January 1, 2018, it would ... Read More
New Anthem Anesthesia Policy Can Have Blinding Consequences February 5, 2018 Physicians' groups call for immediate halt to recent policy limiting use of anesthesia during cataract surgery A policy change made ... Read More
Physicians Launch New Coalition to Protect Access to Care February 1, 2018 On January 17, CMA launched a new coalition of more than 100,000 California physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, community clinics and pharmacists ... Read More
California State Budget Proposal for 2018-2019 January 24, 2018 Governor Brown released his state budget proposal for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. General Fund revenues are up $5.9 billion ... Read More
Webinar - Understanding Medicare Changes: An Impossible Dream? January 19, 2018 CMA will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday, January 24 (12:15-1: 15 pm) with Arthur Lurvey, M.D., FACP, FACE, the Contractor Medical ... Read More
State Disability Insurance Rate Increase Took Effect Jan.1 January 8, 2018 Effective January 1, 2018, a number of State Disability Insurance (SDI) program changes took effect, including an increase in the ... Read More