August 25, 2020
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, on August 6, 2020, released inter...
November 29, 2018
Recently, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued guidance and model policies to ensure that public facilitie...
September 05, 2018
The California Medical Association (CMA) Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS) is requesting nominations for elected o...
May 07, 2018
Citing the need to address inconsistencies in coding, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) recently altered its Emergency Department...
May 04, 2018
Health Net has advised the California Medical Association (CMA) that it will delay implementation of its recently annou...
November 13, 2017
Five years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a national initiative, the Partnership to ...
September 26, 2017
Register today for the 2017 Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Medical Staff Conference and save. This event—held Oc...
September 20, 2017
The filing came just two days before closing arguments were scheduled in the case, Tulare Regional Medical Center Medi...
September 18, 2017
While “L.A. Law” and other TV courtroom dramas often focused on the rich and glamorous, a lawsuit originating in a rura...
April 03, 2017
Court proceedings in the lawsuit against Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) for violating the self-governance rights...
March 31, 2017
Court proceedings against the Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) for violating the self-governance rights of its med...
March 28, 2017
The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) a generous grant to help three Los Angeles...
March 02, 2017
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has announced that it will extend the deadline for Medi-Cal me...
October 13, 2016
Join the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) on Monday, December 12, 2016, for the next CME Essentials Workshop, to be ...
July 06, 2016
The California Medical Association (CMA) has released its 2016 Model Medical Staff Bylaws. These bylaws are the definit...
July 05, 2016
April 07, 2016
The California Medical Association’s (CMA) chief strategy officer, Jay Hansen, has been re-appointed to the California ...
March 17, 2016
The California Medical Association (CMA) has filed an amicus brief in support of the medical staff at Tulare Regional M...
February 19, 2016
Brush up on your medical staff leadership skills by attending the 2016 Stepping Up to Leadership program, widely recogn...
February 08, 2016
A California hospital’s recent attempt to unlawfully dissolve its medical staff and replace the staff’s elected leaders...
February 01, 2016
Anthem Blue Cross announced in its December Professional Network Update that, beginning January 1, 2016, it will initiat...
January 25, 2016
After 40 years of partnership, the Joint Commission is terminating its agreement with the California Medical Associatio...
December 23, 2015
In 2014, the legislature passed a law that requires the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) to estab...
November 12, 2015
The California Medical Association (CMA) has joined a broad coalition of health care providers and community groups in s...
September 04, 2015
In the case of certain disciplinary actions, physicians are entitled by California law to a fair hearing by their peers...
August 06, 2015
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that a coordinated approach to controlling antibiotic-resista...
July 23, 2015
Since the 1970s, the California Medical Association’s Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) has participated in hosp...
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