June 26, 2019
The Executive Order directs federal agencies to issue regulations to improve the transparency of health care prices.
May 09, 2019
The new budget dedicates additional resources to bolster the state’s Medi-Cal program and expand access to care for low...
March 20, 2019
Nearly 900 California physicians participated in the survey, and many of their opinions were aligned with CMA’s long-s...
February 04, 2019
The proposed Exchange Program Integrity rule would require plans to send two separate monthly bills to each policyholde...
January 18, 2019
On January 13, 2019, one day before the effective date, the federal court granted the state’s motion for a preliminary ...
January 04, 2019
The California Legislature had an active year, passing many new laws affecting health care. In particular, there was a ...
December 17, 2018
Since 2014, California’s uninsured population has dropped more than any other state, from 17% of the population to 7%. ...
August 14, 2018
On July 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills (H.R. 6199 and H.R. 6311) that would expand how health sa...
April 16, 2018
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, joined by 16 attorneys general, last week filed a motion to intervene in a ...
March 27, 2018
Last Friday, President Trump signed a massive $1.3 trillion federal spending bill—the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriatio...
A California Medical Association (CMA) contingent of two dozen physician and medical student leaders recently traveled ...
March 05, 2018
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Anthem, Inc., have announced they will seek to identify and collaborate on s...
February 07, 2018
The California Department of Health Care Service (DHCS) recently announced that the final round of retroactive interi...
February 01, 2018
Practices are reminded that under the Affordable Care Act, exchange enrollees who receive federal premium subsidies (app...
December 07, 2017
In 2016, Covered California, California's health benefit exchange, enrolled approximately 1.4 million individuals in qu...
November 13, 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the Physician Compare preview period to December 1, 2...
October 26, 2017
Dramatic actions and threats to the Affordable Care Act on the national level, the California Legislature’s considerati...
October 13, 2017
President Donald Trump announced yesterday that his administration will cease making critical cost-sharing reduction (C...
October 06, 2017
The Trump Administration today announced an interim final rule that permits employers and insurers to claim a religious...
October 02, 2017
Last week, the latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) collapsed, after three Republican Senators announce...
September 25, 2017
The California Medical Association (CMA), the California Dental Association (CDA) and the California Hospital Associat...
September 19, 2017
The U.S. Senate is currently considering the Graham-Cassidy block grant bill, which would repeal the Affordable Care Ac...
July 24, 2017
While there has been considerable activity in the Senate over the past week, plans for bringing a health system reform ...
July 08, 2017
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has issued an analysis of the Senate Republicans' Better Care ...
July 07, 2017
The California Medical Association (CMA) and a coalition of 9 other state medical associations have joined together to ...
June 22, 2017
The U.S. Senate today released its health care proposal, which calls for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s insuranc...
June 15, 2017
Peters sits on powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the most influential policy-making bodies in Congress whe...
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