April 20, 2020
To support health care providers and consumers during the COVID-19 crisis, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of Cali...
April 22, 2019
The Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) invites California physicians to join them on Sept. 13-14 in Seattle fo...
April 12, 2019
CMA's Advance Health Care Directive Kit has been updated to include changes to the probate code passed by the Californi...
April 01, 2019
April 9, 2019, marks the beginning of Health Care Decisions Week, which culminates on April 16 with National Health Car...
June 18, 2018
A state appellate court has stayed the Riverside County Superior Court’s judgment issued on May 24, 2018, declaring Cal...
May 30, 2018
California’s End of Life Option Act was recently invalidated by a Riverside County Superior Court judgment in Ahn v. H...
April 14, 2017
The California Medical Association (CMA) recognizes National Health Care Decisions week by encouraging physicians to sp...
September 07, 2016
On October 13, 2016, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is hosting a one-day interactive worksho...
August 19, 2016
A $3 million pilot project to build an electronic database for Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)...
August 08, 2016
As part of its Advance Care Planning Initiative , the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) hosts a ...
June 23, 2016
In another significant step toward normalizing and supporting advance care planning conversations, Medi-Cal is followin...
May 25, 2016
On June 9, 2016, California will become the fifth state in the nation to allow physicians to prescribe terminally ill p...
April 26, 2016
In response to the nation’s growing demand for physicians trained in advance care planning conversations, the Californi...
March 30, 2016
Physicians are invited to attend Building Bridges: End-of-Life Care Through a Cultural Lens, a one-day seminar hosted by...
March 16, 2016
When the California legislature adjourned a special session on health care last week, it started a 90-day countdown to ...
March 03, 2016
The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is offering a one-day training on March 16 in Sacramento:
January 20, 2016
The California Medical Association (CMA) has published new legal guidance intended to help physicians and patients unde...
The California Medical Association (CMA) has updated its health law library with a new “On-Call” document intended to h...
November 02, 2015
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule...
July 10, 2015
On July 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first proposed update to the Medicare physic...
June 02, 2015
The California Medical Association (CMA) has changed its long-standing position on the issue of physician aid in dying,...
May 20, 2015
Sacramento – Today, the California Medical Association (CMA) announced that it has become the first state medical assoc...
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