The SCCMA keeps you up to date on the latest news, policy developments, and events
Monday, October 3, 2022
SB 1419 sponsored by CMA to provide physicians the opportunity to respect patient privacy and wishes when releasing health Information has been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
AB 852 sponsored by CMA to exempt low volume prescribers from California’s e-prescribing requirements has been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom
Each year, the California Medical Association Foundation – Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) – celebrates the commitment, compassion and contributions of physicians and organizations that have positively impacted the health of their communities.
Blue Shield of California is launching a new value-based, shared savings payment model for specialty care physician practices. The program aims to transform how specialty care services are delivered by shifting away from traditional fee-for-service to value-based care in an “episode of care” arrangement.
Thursday, September 29, 2022
The California Quality Collaborative and the Integrated Healthcare Association have convened a coalition of six large commercial health care payors to work together through the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative to enable primary care practices to transform to a high-performing, value-based care model that reduces costs and improves quality and equity.
In conjunction with Latinx Physicians of California, and in recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month and National Latino Physician Day, California Medical Association (CMA) President-Elect, Donaldo Hernandez, M.D., FACP, highlighted the growing disparity between the number of Latinx health care providers and the growing number of Latinx patients.
Governor Newsom yesterday vetoed a dangerous bill (AB 2236) that would have allowed optometrists to perform eye surgeries that require use of a scalpel or an injection and "anterior segment lasers” if they met minimal specified education and training conditions that are far inferior to the requirements that ophthalmologists must meet.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
UHC recently issued a revised mailing to approximately one third of the 3,000 providers previously notified to inform them of the error, and informing them to disregard the previous notice.
Cigna has advised CMA and AMA that it does not plan to move forward with implementation of this policy at this time.
Friday, September 23, 2022
California’s expansion of screening for childhood trauma is being hailed as a model for other states, according to a brief recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
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