The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has released four new toolkits to support and enhance your continuing medical education (CME) program. These resources, developed by working groups over the past year, address common challenges and provide innovative approaches to improve your CME offerings.
The new toolkits available on the ACCME website are:
We encourage you to explore these toolkits and consider how they can enhance your CME offerings.
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November 20, 2024
Molina Healthcare of California and CMA PSO today announced the launch of a quality improvement project to improve Medi...
November 19, 2024
In California, both DMHC and CDI offer an independent medical review (IMR) process that allows patients to appeal healt...
The Medical Board of California is transitioning to a paperless renewal process and will not accept paper renewal forms...
On January 1, 2025, TriWest Healthcare Alliance will begin providing managed care services to TRICARE beneficiaries in ...
November 15, 2024
In partnership with The Doctors Company, CMA is hosting a free webinar – Policy, Practice and the 2024 Election - Wha...
November 14, 2024
CMS has finalized the 2025 Medicare physician payment policies, including the 2.8% physician payment cut.
November 13, 2024
If you plan to change your Medicare participation status for 2025, you must do by December 31. Unless Congress interven...
November 08, 2024
Medi-Cal will be reprocessing previously denied claims for Flucelvax with dates of service back to August 1...
CMA's third annual HIT Summit will take place May 6-7, 2025, in San Diego. California’s premier health IT event will br...
November 05, 2024
California voters have overwhelmingly approved Proposition 35, a historic investment in Medi-Cal, which serves 15 milli...
November 04, 2024
Medi-Cal Rx will reinstate claim edits and prior authorization requirements for patients 21 years of age and younger on...
DHCS is looking for physicians to participate in online focus groups to identify opportunities to strengthen communicat...
October 31, 2024
Medical students are invited to apply for the next cycle of MedStudents serve. Application opens on Nov. 6, 2024, and w...
October 30, 2024
CMA is asking all physicians to contact their congressional representatives and urge them to cosponsor a bill to stop M...
CALPAC for the fifth time in six years shattered all previous fundraising records in its history, raising $245,710 as i...
San Luis Obispo pediatrician René Bravo, M.D., was named CMA president-elect at the association’s annual House of Deleg...
San Francisco pediatrician Shannon Udovic-Constant, M.D., was installed this weekend as the new California Medical Asso...
October 29, 2024
Today, California Representatives and their bipartisan counterparts introduced the Medicare Patient Access and Practice...
October 27, 2024
Dr. Linda Clever receives CMA’s Nye Award for her substantial contributions in the field of physician health and wellne...
Santa Cruz physician Dr. Larry DeGhetaldi received CMA’s 2024 Speakers Recognition Award for his substantial contributi...
CSERF’s SPIRIT program receives CMA’s 2024 Compassionate Service Award for addressing critical health care needs for un...
October 26, 2024
Modesto family physician and diabetologist Gopika Gangupantula, M.D., received CMA's 2024 Frederick K.M. Plessner
October 23, 2024
Noridian has fixed a system issue resulting in mispriced and denied flu vaccine claims and will automatically be reproc...
CDPH has updated screening guidelines in response to rising syphilis rates in the state. Under the new guidelines healt...
October 11, 2024
Effective Dec. 9, 2024, submitters who submit certain batch transactions on behalf of Medi-Cal providers will be requir...
October 10, 2024
Medical facilities and practices across the U.S. are being urged to conserve IV fluids and dialysis solution after a ma...
October 09, 2024
DHCS recently announced that it will be deactivating Medi-Cal Rx override code “55555” effective October 18, 2024. This...
October 08, 2024
Proposition 35 will secure dedicated funding to keep hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices open; protect and expand a...
In health care, ending a patient relationship is never a simple decision—and it is one that must be approached with emp...
On Tuesday, October 15, CMA President Tanya W. Spirtos, M.D., and CMA CEO Dustin Corcoran are hosting a special webinar...
October 02, 2024
In August 2024, CMA was notified by a physician practice that Blue Shield of California was mistakenly denying claims f...
The University of California San Francisco and the California Department of Public Health are recruiting California phy...
During the conclusion of the 2024 legislative cycle, four of CMA's priority bills made it to the Governor’s desk; all w...
CMA recently joined the American Medical Association to recognize voting as a social determinant of health.
October 01, 2024
CMA is now accepting early testimony on this year's major issues.
Join us on Tuesday, October 8 for the next installment of CMA's Virtual Grand Rounds—Caring for Youth at Risk...
CMA calls for additional efforts to increase the number of Latino physicians to better serve Californians.
September 29, 2024
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 977 authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a bill sponsored by...
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2164 by Assemblymember Marc Berman, a CMA bill to reduce mental healt...
September 28, 2024
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senator Josh Becker’s SB 1120, the “Physicians Make Decisions Act,” to ensure
September 26, 2024
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 963 by Sen. Angelique Ashby, a CMA priority bill that will protect victims of domestic ...
September 24, 2024
CMS is accepting 2023 MIPS exception applications through Oct. 11 due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack. However, 20...
Aetna is experiencing problems with electronic eligibility verification transactions for Aetna Passport to Healthcare P...
September 18, 2024
CMA is excited to announce a national day of recognition for continuing education professionals in health care!
September 17, 2024
With less than a month until ballots are mailed and only 49 days until the election, it is vital to ensure your voter r...
September 13, 2024
CMA and AMA are asking physicians to contact their members of Congress and urge them to sign the Meeks/Panetta “Dear Co...
September 12, 2024
UnitedHealthcare recently announced the CPT codes that are eligible for its new Gold Card Program, which launches on Oc...
CMA joined the AMA and a federation of medical groups in urging CMS to work with Congress to address flawed incentive p...