Monday Rx: Pfizer Vaccine Approval, Provider Reimbursement, Physician Wellness and LACMA Event Updates August 23, 2021 FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been ... Read More
Tuesday Partner Rx: Introducing Aledade! June 22, 2021 Los Angeles County Medical Association is Proud to Partner with Aledade! Aledade was founded in 2014 with a simple, but ... Read More
Monday Rx: Mask 2.0, HOD, LACMA Elections and Upcoming Events June 21, 2021 Mask Wearing 2.0 Thanks to our partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH) we are ... Read More
Monday Rx: AB 1130, Telehealth Phone Visits, FQHC and Private Practice Help and the Shared Savings Program June 14, 2021 Stop Assembly Bill 1130 Assembly Bill 1130, as currently drafted, will create enormous bureaucratic complexities within the health care delivery ... Read More
Take Action: Urge Congress to Oppose the Problematic "No Surprises Act" December 18, 2020 CMA Physicians, Congress will not meet the December 18 deadline to finish the year’s business. Congress will be working over ... Read More
Vaccine Update, Rapid Response 3.0, Medicare and Preferred Partners December 14, 2020 Vaccine Update As you know by now, Pfizer/BioNTech's mRNA vaccine candidate was authorized for the prevention of COVID-19 illness in ... Read More
Act Now! Proposed Federal Rule Will Dramatically Reduce CA’s Medi-Cal Funding January 20, 2020 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule— Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (CMS-2393-P)—that will significantly reduce ... Read More
Medicare transitions to MBI Jan. 1 January 6, 2020 Physicians are reminded that the transition period to the new Medicare Beneficiary Identification (MBI) numbers ended on December 31, 2019. Beginning ... Read More
CMS implements new rebuttal process for Medicare providers who have been deactivated December 19, 2019 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a new rebuttal process for providers whose Medicare enrollments ... Read More
CA launches first-of-its-kind ACEs initiative; Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Medi-Cal will begin paying for ACEs screenings December 11, 2019 California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris, M.D., and Karen Mark, M.D., Medical Director at the state Department of Health ... Read More
AltaMed Health Services, California Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Association Partner to Address Physician Workforce Challenges and Patient Access to Care December 10, 2019 LOS ANGELES – December 10, 2019 — AltaMed Health Services, the nation’s largest federally qualified health center (FQHC) has ... Read More
CMA Objects to Federal Scope Expansion Under President’s Executive Order October 17, 2019 President Trump recently signed an executive order with sweeping implications for Medicare, touting it as an alternative to “Medicare for All” ... Read More